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The ''Force d'action navale'' (FAN, Naval Action Force) is the 12,000-man and about 100-ship strong backbone of the French Navy. As of 2006, it is commanded by Vice-Amiral d’Escadre Philippe Sautter. The ships are divided into seven categories: * The aeronaval group, which has the aircraft carrier at its core * The amphibious group, directed by "Projection and Command vessels" (currently ships of the or classes) * Frigates, which act either as protection for the strategic groups, or alone in monitoring, survey, presence, rescue or deterrence missions * Minesweepers * "Sovereignty" ships, which are deployed overseas and act as presence and prevention forces * Support vessels * Public service ships, and hydrographic and oceanographic vessels ==The aeronaval group== The aeronaval group is the main French Navy power projection force. It is also one of the components of the nuclear deterrence forces, since the embarked Super Étendard and Rafale planes have nuclear capabilities. At minimum, it contains an aircraft carrier (currently ), an anti-air frigate, and a support vessel. Typically, this group also includes several anti-air and anti-submarine frigates, nuclear attack submarine ( and the future Barracuda-class submarines), and possibly additional support ships. The carrier air group can include up to 40 aircraft: Rafale, Super Étendard and E-2 Hawkeye planes; NH-90 Caïman Marine, AS365 Dauphin and AS565 Panther for the helicopters. This composition varies according to the mission and the tactical environment, and can include aircraft of the ''ALAT'' (Army) or the ''Armée de l'Air'' (Air Force). Like any naval force, the aeronaval group can be assisted by land-based Breguet Atlantique aircraft. One of the aeronaval group's deployments was to take part in the initial attacks on Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan as part of what became the War in Afghanistan, in response to the September 11th attacks. The group, designated Task Force 473 for the operation, comprised 2,900 men under the command of Contre-Amiral François Cluzel and sailed in December 2001. It consisted of the nuclear aircraft carrier ''Charles De Gaulle'', frigates , , , the nuclear attack submarine , the tanker ''Meuse'', and the aviso ''Commandant Ducuing''. The Indian Ocean region deployment lasted for seven months before the group returned to France in mid-2002. The number 473 seems to be semi-permanently assigned to ''Charles de Gaulle'' and its task group, being used again during Operation Agapanthe in 2004. During the 2011 Libyan civil war, the French carrier battle group commanded from ''Charles de Gaulle'' was designated Task Force 473 and was under the command of Vice-Admiral Phillippe Coindreau. Coindreau was promoted to contre-amiral in September 2009, and he was named deputy commandant of the aéro-maritime force of rapid réaction at Toulon. In English-language reports, he was described as deputy commander of the High Readiness Force Maritime Headquarters. On 29 December 2013, Task Force 473, led by the aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'', and comprising the destroyer , frigate ''Jean de Vienne'', and the replenishment oiler ''Meuse'' met Carrier Strike Group Ten for an exercise in the Gulf of Oman. Carrier Strike Group Ten comprises the aircraft carrier , guided-missile cruisers and and guided-missile destroyers , , , and . In November 2015, Task Force 473 sailed again to strike Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq. The composition of the task force is French, however, the British destroyer and a frigate from the Belgian Navy, , sailed as part of the group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「force d'action navale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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