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来源：Marine Link 2020-12-08

翻译：国际海事信息网 王雅媛 张运鸿

 

       法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）周二表示，法国下一代航空母舰将采用核动力，并将于2038年取代法国国家舰队旗舰“戴高乐”号（Charles de Gaulle）。

 

       法国官员表示，法国海军历史上的第11艘航母将由法国国防承包商海军集团（Naval Group）建造，并配备由美国通用原子（General Atomics）公司开发的新型电磁飞机弹射系统。

 

       该航母全长300米，载重量为75000吨。最多能够搭载30架阵风战斗机或达索飞机。达索飞机为前者的后继机型，目前正由法国、德国和西班牙研合开发。

 

       法国军方最初想打造一艘使用传统动力的航空母舰。由于技术和战略原因，尽管建造成本较高，法国军方还是和马克龙一起选择了核动力船。

 

      马克龙在访问一家核行业组件制造商时表示：“核能是我们的战略未来，是法国成为强国的基础。”

 

      法国是欧洲大陆唯一的核国家。英国在1月1日脱离欧盟后，与欧盟的关系从贸易到安全各方面都处于不确定状态，但英国也是一个核大国。

 

      法国国防部表示，在2025年结束的第一个发展阶段，法国政府将投资10亿欧元。有媒体报道称，这艘航母的成本可能超过50亿欧元（合60.5亿美元），但铁道部官员拒绝置评。

 

      海军集团首席执行官皮Pierre Eric Pommelet在一份声明中说：“能建造出法国有史以来最大的军舰，海军集团为此非常自豪。”

 

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France's Next-generation Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear-powered

 

France's next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace the national fleet's flagship warship, the Charles de Gaulle, in 2038, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

 

The 11th carrier-vessel in the French Navy's history will be built by French defense contractor Naval Group and equipped with the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system developed by U.S. company General Atomics, French officials said.

 

The carrier will be 300 meters long and have a deadweight of 75,000 tons. It will be able to carry up to 30 Rafale fighter jets or the successor of the Dassault warplane currently being developed by France, Germany and Spain.

 

The French military had initially lent towards a ship with conventional propulsion, but together with Macron later opted for a nuclear-powered vessel, despite heavier construction costs, for technical and strategic reasons.

 

"Out strategic future, our status as a great power, lies with the nuclear industry," Macron said during a visit to a nuclear sector components maker.

 

France is continental Europe's only nuclear power. Britain is a nuclear power too, though its relationship with the European Union - from trade to security - once it leaves the EU's orbit on Jan. 1 remains uncertain.

 

The French state will invest one billion euros during the first development phase that will end in 2025, the Ministry of Armed Forces said. Ministry officials declined to comment on media reports that the vessel could cost more than 5 billion euros ($6.05 billion).

 

"Naval Group is very proud to build the largest warship ever built in France", the company CEO, Pierre Eric Pommelet, said in a statement.