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Onkel Neal

06-07-15 11:47 AM

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

http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources...=LYNXMPEB51195

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

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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

06-07-15 12:53 PM

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/...e2nmy9hevp.jpgWe even showed 'em how with the USS Oriskany off Floridahttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ny_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/wikipedi...yB_-_Piers.jpg

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