"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision
of what is before them, glory and danger alike,
and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."~Thucydides
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"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision
of what is before them, glory and danger alike,
and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."~Thucydides
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I admire people who plan in advance.
Oh, I’m sure that if Obama were to offer to buy the ships at 1.5x what the Russians are paying them, the French would more then happily take the deal.
Hashtag Diplomacy.
Has anybody actually looked up the stats on those ships?
They are not very impressive. The ship is especially inadequate in its defenses - two light twin SAMs and mountings for two turreted 30mm (not included...). No CIWS.
Personally, I’d let the Russians have them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_amphibious_assault_ship
I would not worry, the brand new mighty French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle lost its crew on its shakedown maiden voyage! Lost its prop and nearly dead in the water had to return home.....LOL
Seriously - if the Europeans aren’t worried about Putin, why should we be?
Q: Why does the new French Navy have glass-bottomed boats?
A: So they can see the old French Navy.
What’s Obama going to do, send France a sternly worded “tweet”?
#PleaseStopBuildingThoseShips
The French fart in Obama’s general direction.
Bingo. America's "smart power" strikes again. .
