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'Impossible' for France to Find Another Mistrals' Buyer Except for Russia
France will not be able to find prospective buyers for the two Mistral-class helicopter carriers purpose-built for Russian ordnances, the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT) said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, July 7 (Sputnik) – French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ruled out on Monday the prospect of the Mistrals ending up in Russia, acknowledging that the cancellation of the contract would cost Paris $1.3 billion.
CAWAT’s expert said the two warships had been specifically built for Russia’s Ka-52K Alligator attack helicopters, a naval modification of the Kamov Ka-52 with reinforced landing gear intended for ship-borne attacks. Each of the carriers is capable of carrying up to 16 of the aircraft.
The analysis center expert added that significant differences in standards between the Russian Navy and NATO would compound the dilemma.
“That is why it will be rather problematic, and most likely impossible, for France to find another buyer, except for the Russian Navy,” the expert told RIA Novosti.
Paris, Moscow Make Preliminary Agreement on Compensation for Mistral Warships
The CAWAT expert suggested that the warships may either end up as scrap metal or renovated as floating migratory camps for France’s burgeoning population of undocumented immigrants.
A final agreement on French compensation to Russia for the termination of the 2011 Mistral contracts is pending.
In April, French President Francois Hollande said Paris would return Moscow's payment for the warships if the contract was terminated. Moscow has insisted on a full refund.
 http://sputniknews.com/military/20150707/1024336881.html
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Poslao: 23 Jul 2015 14:59
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Još su i dobro prošli Francuzi. Samo 200 mil. € u minusu, naravno i brodovi su im ostali, tu će još biti minusa. Ako neka država ima potrebu po takvim brodovima mogla bi dosta da suzbije cenu.
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Undelivered Mistrals cost French shipbuilder DCNS 1 mln euro/mth
Citat:State-backed French naval shipbuilder DCNS is spending at least 1 million euros ($1.1 million) a month to hold on to two Mistral helicopter carriers that were sold to Russia in a deal now being reversed, its chief executive said on Thursday.
The fate of the two completed ships, moored in Brittany, has been uncertain since French President Francois Holland came under pressure from Western allies not to deliver the Mistrals because of Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis.
The costs of keeping the warships in good condition while their future is discussed at a diplomatic level are being absorbed by DCNS, 35-percent owned by defence group Thales and 64 percent by the French state.
But the shipbuilder may try to recover the costs from French export insurance agency Coface once the governments reach a decision, DCNS Chief Executive Herve Guillou said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/07/23/france-dcns-idUKL5N1031TR20150723
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