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Originally Posted by Olefin
That is a very balanced and realistic French squadron for the Middle East - and I think the submarine is a good inclusion. Clearly the French should still have. What you have there supports all the missions that they have and definitely has the anti-air assets you would need to survive in one of the few areas where the Soviet air threat is very real and still very capable.
Add in the landing ship and oiler and you have a very capable group that can project power, support both naval and land operations, give their troops good flexiblity as to naval landings and would give anyone planning an air attack on them a very very bloody nose indeed.
Plus considering the size of the French Navy it would show a clear committment to the region while not weakening them in areas like the Med and the English Channel or off the coast of Senegal that they clearly (from canon modules) are making places they want to control.
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One interesting nugget I came across whilst looking this up was a question mark over whether the T2K French Navy might include a CVN. In our timeline the Charles De Gaulle wasn't commissioned until 2001, but that was five years behind schedule (construction actually started in 1989 and was halted on four separate occasions - reading between the lines it looks like it may have been due to costs) so I think in a V1 timeline where the Cold War continues it's not impossible that the CDG might have been commissioned on time.