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

Onkel Neal · 06-07-15, 11:47 AM

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!

We even showed 'em how with the USS Oriskany off Florida

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!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,983 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	They could sell them to the Chinese to be sunk in place in the Spratley Islands for upcoming territorial passive claim dispute reinforcements! We even showed 'em how with the USS Oriskany off Florida 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! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 06-07-15 at 01:06 PM.