Sink or sell? Russia spat leaves France with warships to spare

[Onkel Neal]

http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20150602&t=2&i=1053186466&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=644&pl=429&r=LYNXMPEB51195

Sink or sell? Russia spat leaves France with warships to spare (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/us-france-mistral-idUSKBN0OI1P020150602)

For sale: two French-built helicopter carriers, tested by Russians. Buy now for only 1.2 billion euros($1.33 billion). Shipping extra.

Tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have blocked a deal in which Moscow was to buy the ships, leaving Paris trying to negotiate a face-saving compromise and work out CAwhat to do with two unwanted warships.

"There are three possibilities: deliver the boats to Russia, sell them to someone else or destroy them," said a source close to the matter.

[Aktungbby]

They could sell them to the Chinese to be sunk in place in the Spratley Islands for upcoming territorial passive claim dispute reinforcements! :|\\ :shifty: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ma0FCj17--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/gjbdu7o5hte2nmy9hevp.jpgWe even showed 'em how with the USS Oriskany off Floridahttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/USS_Oriskany_sinking.jpg:/\\!! a little reef reinforcement of our own! Come to think of it and in honor of the D-Day+1; the French are used to sunken vessels off the coast in a 'constructive capacity' so not a real stretch of concept here! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/MulberryB_-_Piers.jpg