France deployed Charles de Gaulle – and its accompanying warships – to the Mediterranean in early March, shortly after war broke out in West Asia following American-Israeli attacks on Iran.It has been in the eastern Mediterranean since March 9 in what President Macron has called a “purely defensive” posture in support of France’s allies in the conflict.According to his public profile on the Strava fitness tracking app, the runner ran aboard a ship in the middle of the ocean northwest of Cyprus on March 13, Le Monde newspaper reported Thursday, while satellite images showed the aircraft carrier was in the immediate vicinity at the time. Strava data shows the same person also ran in late February across a bridge from Malmö, Sweden, to Copenhagen, Denmark, where Charles de Gaulle was anchored at the time.The French armed forces told AFP that appropriate measures would be taken if the reports were true, as navy members were regularly reminded about the risk of security breaches using such apps. “The reported case – if confirmed – does not comply with existing guidance,” it added.In 2024, Le Monde reported that bodyguards of Macron, then-US President Biden, and President Putin were inadvertently giving away information about their whereabouts while accompanying them on visits. In 2018, Strava maps showed the locations of US and allied military personnel in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
