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French Warship for Russia 'Won't Work in Cold' - Minister
Ria Novosti ^ | 26/01/2013

Posted on 01/26/2013 8:29:18 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

French Warship for Russia 'Won't Work in Cold' - Minister

MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti) - Two amphibious assault ships bought for the Russian Navy from France in a 1.2 billion euro deal will not be able to operate in temperatures below seven degrees centigrade, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin admitted on Saturday, in critical comments about the contract.

"It's very odd that ships for offloading a landing force, floating in our latitudes won't work in temperatures below seven degrees," said Rogozin, who has special responsibilities for the defense industry, in a meeting of the Academy of Military Science on Saturday. He did not elaborate on why the ships would not work in cool temperatures.

Russia signed the 1.2 billion euro deal in June 2011 for two of the Mistral ships, which will carry helicopters to support landings by marines. The first of the ships is due for delivery in 2014.

Rogozin was appointed to his current post only in December 2011.

The first Mistral is due to be deployed in Russia's Pacific Fleet, based in the port of Vladivostok, which is ice-free all year round but still experiences months of severe winter cold. The second is due to be deployed with the Northern Fleet, which also has ice-free bases, due to the Gulf Stream, but also experience very cold temperatures for several months a year.

It is the second time this week that the Mistral deal has come under fire from a senior defense official. On Thursday, Military-Industrial Commission Deputy Head Ivan Kharchenko described the deal to buy the ships as “absurd,” saying the deal had inflicted harm on the Russian shipbuilding industry.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: dmitryrogozin; europeanunion; france; lhd; mistral; nato; russia
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1 posted on 01/26/2013 8:29:31 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/algoof.wav


2 posted on 01/26/2013 8:33:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Looks like it could also be tipped over easily by drunken frat boys.


3 posted on 01/26/2013 8:39:19 AM PST by x
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Russia signed the 1.2 billion euro deal in June 2011 for two of the Mistral ships,

Name is ironic since "mistral" is a French word for the fierce cold winds blowing down from the Alps.

4 posted on 01/26/2013 8:39:27 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Ugly slab-sided target.

I’d be hard pressed to design something with a bigger RCS.

Hell is where the British are the chefs, the Swiss are the lovers, the Germans run the government and the french? The french are the engineers...


5 posted on 01/26/2013 8:53:36 AM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Seven degrees Celsius is 44.6 in real numbers. Not particularly cold. One supposes that for this deal to go forward money changed hands though other than official channels. Given the countries involved, almost certainly, a priori.
6 posted on 01/26/2013 8:54:18 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Please, don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Well, at least it looks like it will work in water. (Unless, of course that picture is not photoshopped)


7 posted on 01/26/2013 8:55:33 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
hell, IIRC it get's that cold even in the Med...
8 posted on 01/26/2013 9:15:08 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Yikes. Nothing elegant about that thing.


9 posted on 01/26/2013 9:21:10 AM PST by skeeter
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To: sukhoi-30mki

This thing looks like a floating movable castle...not really stealthy in any definable way..


10 posted on 01/26/2013 9:31:34 AM PST by Fedupwithit (You gave him what he wanted. I gave him what he needed.)
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To: Fedupwithit

French boat, love boat, freedom boat, I could think of a few instead of war boat.


11 posted on 01/26/2013 9:35:15 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

She’s a real beauty!

Let’s hope the Russians get more military help from the French.

(Hoping I don’t need the /s tag...)


12 posted on 01/26/2013 9:41:45 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it)
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To: null and void

Yeah - looks like it has the RCS of a small island. Probably top heavy and rolls like crazy even in a modest sea. Huge sail area, probably a handful in port on any day with more than a puff of breeze. Oh, and doesn’t work in cold? I wonder if anyone checked it out in hot environments either.


13 posted on 01/26/2013 9:53:09 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I guess the Russians forgot how well the French Army operated in the cold also. Napoleon is laughing from hell.


14 posted on 01/26/2013 9:56:07 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Well, the Russians have always been looking for warm water ports ...
15 posted on 01/26/2013 10:04:32 AM PST by x
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To: BenLurkin
But you should see la cuisine!
16 posted on 01/26/2013 11:09:38 AM PST by kenavi (Lost the country? Win your state.)
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To: bmwcyle

Russia—listen to your shipbuilders! Build your own ships! That way you can make them work in your brutal climate. Its going to cost a pretty penny (or a shinny ruble) to re-fit those ships to work in the Baltic.


17 posted on 01/26/2013 12:09:55 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Remember the French aircraft carrier with opaque windows in the tower? The same one that was damaged by vibrating washing machines?


18 posted on 01/26/2013 1:00:35 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: x

Imagine trying to park it in a cross wind. sd


19 posted on 01/26/2013 1:00:49 PM PST by shotdog (I love my country. It's our government I'm afraid of.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Yeah, France, boats, military vessels, good thinkin’. ;’)

Thanks sukhoi-30mki.


20 posted on 01/26/2013 5:27:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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