The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will participate in joint maneuvers with the Egyptian navy before beginning its tasks in miniature alliance against ISIS in Libya, Al-Bawaba News reported. According to the intelligence Israeli website DEBKAfile, the Charles de Gaulle is steaming through the Red Sea on its way to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal for joint maneuvers with the Egyptian navy in preparation for a reduced coalition offensive against Islamic State's deepening grip on Libya. it will be the Egyptian navy's first joint exercise with a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; and also the first drill to be conducted by the new Egyptian missile frigate Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt!), which underwent a series of exercises after it was delivered by the French DCNS naval shipbuilders last June, military sources told DEBKAfile.