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Russian military announces helicopter carrier tender
Published: 26 October, 2010, 16:07
Edited: 26 October, 2010, 21:50
TAGS: Arms, Military, Russia, Europe, Vehicles, Prime Time Russia
Russia’s Defense Ministry has officially announced a tender for four universal amphibious assault ships. Security officials say French Mistral class helicopter carriers are the favorite in the run.
The tender terms are classified, First Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Popovkin told journalists at the Euronaval-2010 military exhibition in Le Bourget, just outside Paris. He said two of the vessels Russia wants to buy will be made by the contractor on home turf while two others will be built in Russia in a technology-sharing enterprise.
The ministry expects tender documents from participants in mid-November, while the contract will be sealed by the year end. Popovkin did not specify which companies have been invited to take part in the tender.
According to Vedomosti newspaper, French shipbuilders from the companies DCNS and STX are going to compete with Dutch Schelde Shipbuilding, Spanish Navantia, and Russian Zvezda teamed up with South Korean Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding & Engineering for the defense contract.
Earlier on Tuesday, Deputy Defence Minister Vera Chistova said the money for the purchase of the ships has already been reserved, although she did not specify the sum. Estimates say the deal may be worth as much as 1.5 billion euros.
Meanwhile, French Defense Minister Hervé Morin said the government will ensure that the deal is facilitated. Russia should be “looked at differently”, ITAR-TASS cites him as saying.
“You can’t talk about strategic partnership in security and peacekeeping and at the same time treat the country exclusively as the heir of the Soviet Union,” the minister said.
26.10.2010, 15:47
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This is good news for the Russian Federation and all its citizens, the Russian Federation will need every little bit of technology to overcome the future fight over the Antarctic, the race may look harmless today but tomorrow will be a different day. Canada, Norway, the Chinese, and the U.S are clearly not going to put any fingers between to see to it that the Russian Federation won't see a drop of oil or natural gases or precious minerals from this part of the globe. I would however really check all systems on those carriers before sending them into operational status, I would probably do as the Chinese, strip one down and build my own version of it. France got a knack on manipulate technology so it fails during certain circumstances, as in when certain draconian ladies gives them a call telling them to deactivate their sold weaponry cause it might turn out to be the game changer. We saw it happen 1982 during the Falklands War when Exocet anti-ship missiles the AM39 Air Launched version of Exocet didn't work cause their codes where manipulated with by the French civil. This is why these Islas Malvinass is still called the Falklands Islands and this was also why U.K keep their last colonial holding in that area, or the chessboard would had looked quite different today. There would not be U.K oil search vessels in the area and the old grudge is still causing debate. This is why I say the Russian Federation should be mindful when receiving these vessels, today with all modern technology we got today must incorporate even better kill-switches for the French. This is only a warning cause I feel this deal is important all too important for the Russian Federation to get involved with and then literally get fucked over. West is great on lying and stalling, they are masters of diplomacy be it gunboat or not, in short, they are good at telling you to go fuck yourselves and when leaving the meeting you still got a great impression.
This deal is so ridiculous; certainly made to create tension inside NATO; knowing that those US puppets do the same with Russia. As I noticed in my 14th trip to Orenburg, Russia seems to be on the right track: living standard is improving but you still have so much work to do in that huge nation. Like those western idiots do, some high ranking military bosses, industrialists and politicians want a part of that industry's immense cake. Like it happen in France with the Pakistani submarines and the Taïwan's fregates' scandals, commissions and retro-commissions will flourish everywhere. In those two French events, over two dozens peoples died (Ask Mrs Eva Joly: former judge who had to run away to Norway). Russia has a lot better to do: working with her BRIC friends to create a better World governance; initiate a real sincere cooperation with America and a 50-50 basis to eliminate that trillion and half $ annual military spending. I know that this is not easy to do when you have to deal with those western creeps actually in power. It is worth trying; otherwise, we may as well blow the whole planet now, because as it goes, soon or later some idiots will do it. Sorry Future Generations; I was just hoping that Russian decisions-makers be a little smarter. I may have made a mistake. Sincerely...Jean-Claude Meslin
I think this is a great idea for a rescue ship, too. One of these would have come in handy when the earthquake shattered Haiti. You don't need a runway for helicopters.