No Mistrals For Putin

Canceling the Mistral deal will have no influence over India buying 126 Rafale aircrafts from France for 12 billion euros and would open doors for 29 billion euros tenders in Poland and Australia. On the other hand, France would have to refund 700 to 800 million euros already paid by Russia and pay a penalty of 251 million euros in case of non delivery. Do the maths... The last financial argument against cancelling the Mistral deal is out! For months now, Russian medias and its French supporter the far right party Front National (who recently received a loan from Russian banks ammounting to 9 million euros) have been spreading fear that India might/would reconsider buying 126 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft as France would appear as an unreliable partner. The main goal of this was of course to try to influence French people and have them on the side of the delivery. India: +12 billion euros The last declarations from Indian Defense spokesman Sitanshu Kar are showing that...

As Euronaval is going on, here is a good detailed reminder for the French government about each tender France might lose in Poland if it decides to go ahead and deliver the Mistral to Putin. Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak explained on the 29th of September that Poland might prefer to chose the American Raytheon instead of the French MBDA/Thales as missiles shield supplier for an amount of 5.8 billion euros, would France decide to deliver the Mistrals to Russia. He only mentioned the most important market where France is competing in the big upgrade of Poland's Army. Here are the details for the other markets France might lose in case the Mistrals are delivered to Russia: Market Amount France Competitor Missile shield system 5.8 billion euros Aster-30 (Eurosam, MBDA/Thales) Patriot (Raytheon, USA) 70 multirole-oriented helicopters 2.5 to 3 billion euros EC725 Caracal (Airbus Helicopters) S-70 (Sikorsky, USA) 3 submarines 1.8 billion euros Scorpène (DCNS) U...

Le 29 Septembre, le ministre de la défense Polonais Tomasz Siemoniak expliquait qu'il pourrait préférer l'américain Raytheon face au Français MBDA/Thales pour la fourniture d'un système de défense anti-aérien d'un montant de 5.8 milliards d'euros si les Mistrals étaient livrés à la Russie. Celui-ci n'a mentionné que le plus gros marché où la France est en compétition dans la course à la modernisation de l'armée polonaise. Voici le détail des autres appels d'offre que la France pourrait perdre en case de livraison des Mistrals à la Russie: Objet Montant France Concurrent Système de défense anti-aérien 5.8 milliards d'euros Aster-30 (Eurosam, MBDA/Thales) Patriot (Raytheon, USA) 70 hélicoptères multirôles 2.5 à 3 milliards d'euros EC725 Caracal (Airbus Helicopters) S-70 (Sikorsky, USA) 3 sous marins 1.8 milliards d'euros Scorpène (DCNS) U212A (TKMS, Allemagne) 6 corvettes 1.3 milliards d'euros Gowind (DCNS) Sigma (DAMEN, Ho...