{"id":7959,"date":"2026-01-28T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=7959"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:36:09","slug":"french-aircraft-carriers-to-conduct-military-drills-in-the-north-atlantic-sensitive-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=7959","title":{"rendered":"French aircraft carriers to conduct military drills in the North Atlantic \u2018sensitive zone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The French military staff posted on social media on the 27th that the carrier strike group of the French carrier \u201cDe Gaulle\u201d left Toulon on the same day for the Atlantic to participate in a large-scale military exercise called Orion 26.<\/p>\n<p>The news said that some Allied military ships were also incorporated into the carrier strike group \u201cDe Gaulle\u201d this time, to demonstrate the alliance\u2018s cooperative combat capability. However, the news did not mention the specific location of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7960 aligncenter\" title=\"de40da985060e44abd03d0c38ac103ab\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de40da985060e44abd03d0c38ac103ab.jpg\" alt=\"de40da985060e44abd03d0c38ac103ab\" width=\"552\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de40da985060e44abd03d0c38ac103ab.jpg 552w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de40da985060e44abd03d0c38ac103ab-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The French media quoted insiders as reporting that the exercise will be held in the North Atlantic. The report mentioned that the North Atlantic has recently become a \u201csensitive area\u201d due to disputes between the United States and Europe over the possession of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the \u201cOrion 26\u201d military exercise is set to take place from February 8 to April 30, with a participating force of about 12,500 people. It will involve 25 ships including the \u201cDe Gaulle\u201d aircraft carrier, 140 aircraft and helicopters, 1,200 drones, as well as related cyberspace and space operations resources. More than 20 countries will participate in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, according to French media reports, French President Macron will meet with leaders of the autonomous governments of Denmark and Greenland in Paris on 28 local time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The French military staff posted on social media on the 27th that the carrier strike group of the French carrier \u201cDe Gaulle\u201d left Toulon on the same day for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,266],"tags":[4251,723,4253,4254,4252],"views":51,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7961,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959\/revisions\/7961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}