French aircraft carrier PA2

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	2 × RR MT-30 gas turbines; 4 × diesel-electric engines; two shafts;
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h)
Range	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	Ship's Company: 1,000; Air Wing: 650;
Sensors and ; processing systems	Héracles air search and target acquisition radar
Armament	A 16-cell Sylver Vertical Launching System with Aster 15 missiles; A single 20 mm modèle F2 gun;
Aircraft carried	40 aircraft, including:; Rafale; E-2 Hawkeye; NH-90;

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.

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