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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
(Probably noteworthy that that quote specifically says “in the World”. One could use that as an argument in favour of the French Navy also having suffered significant losses, but it would then have to be extended to include all Navies. But we know that even after that point the French retain the capability to move a large force to the Middle East (and also combat troops to Canada, per Challenge #30), and patrol the English Channel and elsewhere - there are other references to the French Navy here and there, chiefly (I think) in the Last Submarine trilogy, e.g. page 48 of Med Cruise, which states “The French have come to view the Western Mediterranean as their own private Sea”.)
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The French only have about 9,600 in the middle east (plus ship crews) arriving from the 24th August 1998, and I can only find notes regarding "military advisors" being in Quebec ("Both U.S. governments agreed that France was interfering in a Canadian regional issue and said that France should remove its advisors from Quebec") as of late June 1999 (rumours confirmed by agents sent by Canadian West Military Government of "French combat troops and supplies entering Quebec).
With regard to the middle east troops, there's indications this occurred in stages. In Quebec, the few surviving agents may have only spotted the advisors who'd been there a while and consolidated into one place/unit.
It is therefore plausible the French only had a handful of suitable ships available, and whatever is going on in Quebec could be
very low key and consist of just a company or so of troops and their supporting equipment.