French aircraft carrier PA2
A 2006 design of the PA2 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | PA2 class |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | PANG |
| Planned | 1 |
| Cancelled | 1 |
| History | |
| France | |
| Fate | Cancelled in 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 75,000 tonnes |
| Length | 283 m (928 ft) overall |
| Beam | 73 m (240 ft) overall |
| Draft | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h) |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Héracles air search and target acquisition radar |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried |
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PA2 (French: Porte-Avions 2, "Aircraft Carrier 2") was a planned aircraft carrier under development by Thales Naval France and DCNS for the French Navy. The design was based on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers developed for the Royal Navy. The project was cancelled in the 2013 French White Paper on Defence and National Security.