I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree.
The French navy is among the most efficient and modern navy's of the world. Its fleet counts among the top of what current technology allows! The Charles de Gaulle is currently the oldest ship of the French Navy!
Lets compare a current US destroyer with a current French one!
This is the USS "Arleigh Burkle" Constructed back in 1988.
This is the French Destroyer "La Fayette"
Comissioned in 1996, the French Navy has 5 ships like this.
The one thing the US has over everyone else, is numbers. There is no contest.