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"The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will set off on Thursday for the eastern Mediterranean, which will triple our capacity to take action," Francois Hollande told lawmakers in Versailles, outside Paris.

The vessel, the flagship of the French navy, will take a few days to reach its destination, near Syria or Lebanon, whereas it was not due to reach the Gulf -- its original destination -- until next month.

With 26 fighter jets on board, the nuclear-powered carrier will dramatically increase France's capacity to carry out air strikes, and adds to the 12 French planes currently stationed in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan overall.

With a total of 38 fighters, France will be able to "intensify its operations in Syria," Hollande said following Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.

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The French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sailed Wednesday from Toulon naval base, south of France, and headed for the eastern Mediterranean to support coalition operations in Iraq and Syria.

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The nuclear-powered vessel up anchored at 11:00 in the morning Paris time with 26 fighter jets on board and will arrive on station in the next few days, France Info radio reported.

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HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, has been assigned to sail with the French carrier, the British Ministry of Defence said.

“The Royal Navy warship HMS Defender will support the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle when she deploys to tackle ISIL,” the ministry said in a statement. "The ship will provide air defense cover for the French carrier.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the Russian Navy to sail with the Charles de Gaulle as a sign of political support. The Russian intelligence service has concluded that ISIS used a homemade bomb to bring down an Airbus 321 airliner flying over the Sinai desert, killing all 224 on board.

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Jordan is well-placed for pilots flying under the Chammal mission against ISIS, but the average five-hour flights are tiring, French Member of Parliament Alain Marty said MPs Marty and Marie Récalde visited the base Sept. 18 to 21, and made their comments at an Oct. 7 parliamentary committee hearing with Air Chief of Staff Gen. André Lanata.

“The mission is extremely demanding,” Récalde said. The pilots fly two patrols of two aircraft six out of seven days, with one day deemed “no fly day” for maintenance, she said. The crews fly 24 missions a week, with a capacity for fielding a further two aircraft in a surge.

France has flown 1,100 missions since Chammal was launched in September 2014, of which 500 were from the Jordan base, she said. Of the 350 bases destroyed by France, 300 were attacked by aircraft based in Jordan. Some 95 percent of the missions were close-air support for ground troops, with 5 percent of strikes “deliberate,” having been previously identified and planned.

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