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size=-1>FRANCE</td> <td width=13% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>CVN</td> <td width=15% align=center valign=center><font size=-1><a href="degaulle.htm">DE GAULLE</a></td> <td width=4% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>1</td> <td width=6% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>C</td> <td width=10% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>40,600 tons</td> <td width=12% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>40 fixed, rotary</td> <td width=30% align=center valign=center><a href="degaulle.htm"><img border=0 src="degaulleport.gif" alt="France Charles De Gaulle"></a></td> </tr> <!-- --> <!-- UK Queen Elizabeth Class --> <!-- --> <tr> <td width=10% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>UK</td> <td width=13% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>CV</td> <td width=15% align=center valign=center><font size=-1><a href="QueenE.htm">QUEEN ELIZABETH</a></td> <td width=4% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>2</td> <td width=6% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>B</td> <td width=10% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>65,000 tons</td> <td width=12% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>40 vstol, rotary</td> <td width=30% align=center valign=center><a href="invincible.htm"><img border=0 src="qeport.gif" alt="UK QE Class"></a></td> </tr> <!-- --> <!-- UK Invincible Class --> <!-- --> <tr> <td width=10% align=center valign=center><font size=-1> </td> <td width=13% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>CVL</td> <td width=15% align=center valign=center><font size=-1><a href="invincible.htm">INVINCIBLE</a></td> <td width=4% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>1</td> <td width=6% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>C</td> <td width=10% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>20,300 tons</td> <td width=12% align=center valign=center><font size=-1>22 vstol, rotary</td> <td width=30% align=center valign=center><a href="invincible.htm"><img border=0 src="invincibleport.gif" alt="UK Invincible Class"></a></td> </tr> <!-- --> 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He currently works for the federal government helping maintain and protect regional infrastructure. He is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, and is also the author of a self-published and best-selling series of military techno-thrillers called the Dragon's Fury that projects a fictional third world war arising out of current events. 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