Charles de Gaulle

France’s Charles de Gaulle: The Sole Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Outside the US, Weighing 42,500 Tons and Equipped with Two Atomic Reactors

Valdemar Medeiros 23/06/2026 at 10:47

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78 thousand tons, 310 meters, and almost R$ 59 billion: France sets in motion the largest warship ever built in Europe, a floating nuclear fortress with 2,000 crew members, electromagnetic catapults, drones, 30 fighter jets, and operation planned until the 2080s.

Ana Alice 12/06/2026 at 18:08

A França tem apenas um porta-aviões nuclear e, quando ele entra em manutenção, o país fica sem aviação naval, agora Paris decidiu construir o maior porta-aviões já projetado na Europa, com até 80.000 toneladas e três catapultas eletromagnéticas

France Has Only One Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, and When It Goes Into Maintenance, the Country Is Left Without Naval Aviation; Now Paris Has Decided to Build the Largest Aircraft Carrier Ever Designed in Europe, Weighing Up to 80,000 Tons and Featuring Three Electromagnetic Catapults

Valdemar Medeiros 11/03/2026 at 12:40

Com 42.500 toneladas e dois reatores nucleares, o Charles de Gaulle é o único porta-aviões atômico fora dos EUA e pode cruzar oceanos por anos sem reabastecer combustível

Weighing 42,500 Tons and Equipped with Two Nuclear Reactors, the Charles de Gaulle Is the Only Atomic Aircraft Carrier Outside the U.S. and Can Cross Oceans for Years Without Refueling

Valdemar Medeiros 03/03/2026 at 18:08

Descubra como uma peça de metal causou o desastre do Concorde, encerrando os voos supersônicos e mudando a segurança na aviação mundial.

Interesting facts

The Concorde Disaster: How A Simple Metal Led To The Fire, Crash, And End Of The Fastest Airplane In History

Alisson Ficher 27/07/2025 at 20:53