Posted on 07/15/2010 2:15:19 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Russia's main arms exporter has signed a string of deals with a leading French defense firm for provision of night-vision devices on combat vehicles.
The contract was signed between Russia's Rosoboronexport and France's Thales company and concerns night-vision devices for Russia's T-90 tanks that will be manufactured under a licensed agreement at an optical-mechanical plant in Vologda, Russian media reported.
"Under the contract, Russia has the right to assemble thermal imaging systems for armored vehicles under license in Vologda, with the subsequent maintenance," said Igor Sevastyanov, head of the Russian defense company, according to RIA Novosti.
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Improving the combat power of Russia’s tanks is of no benefit to Europe or the world. France doing so is a sign not just of profiteering but also of the French establishment being corrupted by the money influence of Russia’s shady business expatriates operating as the Kremlin’s agents.
France and Turkey should be kicked out of NATO for this type of behavior.
Countries that keep their national identities like France and Russia and China will completely dominate bastardized, schizoid, decadent countries like...
France’s geographic position means that she will have to be indulged, but Turkey must go because her creeping Islamization makes her a treacherous ally.
I find it interesting the Russians chose to license from the French instead of assembling one of their own designs.
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