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	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
-	* Active: 170,000	+	* Active: 226,000
-	* Reserve: 64,000	+	* Reserve: 85,000
	==The fleet==		==The fleet==

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Contents 1 Personnel 2 The fleet 2.1 Aircraft carriers 2.2 Projection and command vessels 2.3 Helicopter carriers 2.4 Submarines 2.5 First rank frigates (destroyers) 2.6 Second rank frigates 2.7 Patrol ships 2.8 Minesweepers 2.9 Auxillaries

Personnel

• Active: 226,000
• Reserve: 85,000

The fleet

Aircraft carriers

• 1 Louis XIV class supercarrier
  • 50 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 20 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
  • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
  • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
  • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
  • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
• 2 Henri de la Rochejaquelein class carriers
  • 45 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 15 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
  • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
  • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
  • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
  • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
• 5 Charles XI class class carriers
  • 20 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 8 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 2 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 10 Eurocopter Dauphin transport/utility helicopters

Projection and command vessels

• 20 Mistral class landing platform docks
  • 35 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
• 3 Richelieu class battleships
• 8 Orleans class cruisers

Helicopter carriers

• 18 Jeanne d'Arc helicopter carriers
  • 4 Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopters

Submarines

• 5 Le Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
• 10 Le Triomphant class ballistic missile submarines
• 6 Rubis class nuclear attack submarines
• 4 Barracuda class nuclear attack submarines
• 30 Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines

First rank frigates (destroyers)

• 12 Cassard class anti-air frigates
• 10 Suffren class anti-air frigates
• 14 Georges Leygues class anti-submarine frigates
• 11 Tourville class anti-submarine frigates

Second rank frigates

• 30 La Fayette class light multi-mission frigates
• 15 Floréal class light frigates

Patrol ships

• 30 P400 class patrol vessels
• 20 Flamant class patrol vessels

Minesweepers

• 18 Tripartite class minehunters

Auxillaries

• 9 Foudre LPD (Landing Platform Dock)
• 16 BATRAL light transport ships
• 25 Sabre class landing craft
• 12 Abeille Flandre class high sea tugs
• 5 Dupuy de Lôme class intelligence ships
• 4 Lapérouse class oceanography ships
• 3 Jules Verne mobile mechanics ships
• 10 Durance class tankers
• 14 BSM class support ships