The Navy is helpless.
The admission to service of the last multi-mission frigate
Lorraine
in November, the upcoming launch of the second Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, the
Duguay Trouin
, and the return to service, in 2023, of the
Perle
, despite a minor fire, do not change anything.
"
Since 1945, it has never been as small as it is today
", noted in July the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Pierre Vandier, during a hearing at the Assembly. of gravity.
Over the next two years, "
it will continue to decrease
“, he warned.
For France, which prides itself on having the second exclusive economic zone in the world, this is a bitter admission.
Everything will have to be rebuilt, all the more quickly as the risk of naval conflict increases.
But “
our means are limited
”, continued the admiral.
“
Our time is too.
The military tool, particularly the naval tool, is forged over time.
It takes twenty years to train a submarine commander…
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