Possible Escape Of The Mistral "Vladivostok" To Russia.


UPDATE: The sea trials have been postoponed to the 13th of Sept!!!
The first Mistral class war ship that France is willing to deliver to Russia is about to go on sea trials on the 10th of September with the Russian military sailors that are being trained in St-Nazaire on board.
This is a golden opportunity for France and Russia to circumvent a possible Embargo that might be signed soon.
The war ship is supposed to go on sea trials for 9 days in the international waters. This is higly reminiscent of an event that escaped too easily from French memories: the "Boats of Cherbourg". If this sounds like a wink to a famous French movie, the story is far from being as fun as that.
In 1965, French sold 12 "Sa'ar 3" class missile boats to the Isreali government. 5 of these boats were delivered before Charles de Gaulle's government impose an Embargo in 1967 following the six-day war. Two of the boats, at the moment the Embargo was decided, were on sea trials and were able to sail to Israel safely. The five remaining boats were docked in a commercial harbour which was ungarded.
We will not talk here about how Israel managed to have the 5 remaining boats to escape and sail to Israel. We have to focus on one thing: two of the boats that were on sea trial when the Embargo was decided were able to sail safely to Israel.
Let's not have history repeat itself this time. Let's not the Mistral go on sea trial. We had enough proofs lately that Putin does not hesitate to do whatever he wants to reach his goals.
On the 07th of September, a protest will take place in St-Nazaire in front of the Mistral "Vladivostok". Let's add to our requests that the war ship should be forbidden to leave for sea trials!
Link to the international FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/717686541613843/
Link to the protest in St-Nazaire event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1443427709272528/
Dimitri HalbyNo Mistrals for Putin
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