No Mistrals For Putin

Submitted by  admin  on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 02:08 Lately, rumours about the Mistral spread as the speed of light without considering facts and verified numbers. Let's get a few things straight: 1) France offers France offers to refund € 784,6 million while Russia wants € 1,163 Bln to terminate the contract. 2) Price of maintenance of the Mistral is not € 5 millions per month but € 0,4 million/month. Tags:  Mistral ,  Russia ,  No Mistrals for Putin ,  cancel , Dimitri Halby

Version française We can read quite surprising things about the consequences of cancelling the Mistral deal with Russia in the press. Let's set things straight. 1) Would France be seen as an unreliable partner and lose contracts? The pro-Mistral deal often argue that, would France cancel the deal with Russia, it would appear as a not reliable partner and therefore lose potential contracts, including one of 128 Rafales for India. In April 2011, the Indian Air Force (IAF) shortlisted Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon for the US$10.4 billion contract. Since that, no move has been done and France is still hoping to get the deal. India is very much aware of the reasons why France might cancel the delivery of the Mistral to Russia as it has to face conflicts with China and Pakistan about its borders (Kashmir). This is certainly the reason why it is not taking sides about the Mistral deal. On the other hand, delivering the Mistrals to Russia wou...