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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tracked via Strava activity in OPSEC failure
(securityaffairs.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2026
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I thought the same at first, but comparing to the map scale, I think that would mean the ship is crazy giant (like slightly bigger than the small loops in the track). If you compare that to the islands, it would mean the ship is bigger than many islands.
Also, it would mean the ship is travelling slower than the man can run, which is possible, but not probable...
I'm not sure why it's zigzagging, but I would bet it's something else...
you can't compare it to the islands, because the GPS trace is in an area within that green circle, with a different scale. You can only look at the 300m scale in the bottom right, which looks in the ballpark of an aircraft carrier to me