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French new generation aircraft carrier "PANG" - Marine Nationale "French Navy"

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  French new generation aircraft carrier "PANG" - Marine Nationale   Nuclear powered (CVN) with two K22 reactors (2 x 220 MW thermal) Full load displacement around 70,000 – 75,000 t Length between 285 and 300 meters Flight deck: 16,000 m² Aircraft hangar: 5,000 m² Propulsive power would be around 80 MW delivered to three or four shaft lines Maximum speed: 27 knots Total power around 110 MW, for 32 Next Generation Fighters, F-35C Lightning II, 2 to 3 Grumman E-2D  Advanced Hawkeyes , helicopters Airbus NH90 "standard NATO helicopter", but also Bell  Boeing V-22  Osprey, Chinook, CH-53 and a yet to be determined number of remote carriers/UCAVs Two side elevators with 40 t lifting capacity Three 90-meter electromagnetic catapults "EMALS" by General Atomics Crew: 900 and 1080 sailors plus air element of 550 to 620 sailors, also space for around 200 marines Thales SeaFire radar PAAMS with MBDA ASTER surface to air missiles for self defense Landing spot for take