On Espresso TV they have said the French refuse to freeze
this huge military contract with Russia -- says wrt the
French -- everything is for sale including morality and
ethics.
[email protected] wrote:
>
> Russia is in the process of rebuilding it's armed forces.
>
> The one area the Soviet Union & Russia dropped the ball was
> Aircraft Carriers and amphibious assault carriers (muti-use
> carriers).
>
> They bought two Mistral-class amphbious assault ships from
> France and they will be building an additional two in St.
> Peterburg. In essence these ships are half aircraft carrier
> and half amphibious assult ship -- very similar to American
> Tarawa-class & Wasp-class & America-class amphibious assault
> ships.
>
> The design is French and the first vessels manufactured for
> Russia in France are scheduled to be delivered (Russian ship
> Vladisvosktok) November 2014 & (Russian ship Sevastopol) 2015.
> They also are selling the designs to Russia so they can
> produce an additional 2 or more vessels in a shipyard in St.
> Petersburg.
>
> These vessels have only one distinct purpose and that is to
> invade foreign countries by sea, i.e. projection of power in
> remote coastal countries.
>
> Why I mention it, is that if EU sanctions are applied they
> should freeze delivery of such vessels and stop transfer of
> technology to Russia pertaining to military hardware. That
> has more relevance than freezing assets of oligarchs which
> they should do.
>
> Here is more detail about the vessels:
>
> Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_amphibious_assault_ship
>
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