French STX building Mistral received a large order from the USA
The United States placed an order for the construction of a passenger airliner at the French shipyard STX in Saint-Nazaire, the cost of which exceeds the contract for the Mistral helicopter carriers, the newspaper reported Look with reference to the RIA "News».
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"When did the French start story With the “pass-do not pass” Mistral, the Americans offered them to build a large ship for themselves, because this shipyard initially specializes in cruise ships. The cost of this order is greater than the Mistrali contract, so it is likely that the failure of the contract with Russia is not so critical for the French, ”a shipbuilding industry source told the agency.
In addition, as previously reported, the French defense enterprise DCNS, also participating in the construction of Mistral for Russia, has been involved in the work on the NATO missile defense system. Together with DCNS, American firms are included in the consortium.
Last Thursday, while in Warsaw, French Prime Minister Manuel Waltz stated that "Paris’s decision not to supply Russia with Mistral-type helicopter carriers was sovereign, and France took responsibility for this step."
At the same time, the French opposition criticized the actions of Hollande, who obeyed the US demand. Deputy head of the National Front Florian Filippo tweeted: “If Hollande really doesn’t intend to supply Mistrali, then he completely destroys the trust in France with the sole purpose of obeying Washington.”
Help newspaper: “STX Europe is an international shipbuilding group with 15 shipyards in Brazil, Finland, France, Norway, Romania and Vietnam. The main areas of the company's construction activities are cruise ships and ferries, oil platforms and special ships. Since 2012, in cooperation with the "Baltic Plant" in Saint-Nazaire universal landing ships "Mistral" are being built. The former field of activity, the construction of merchant ships, was separated from the concern in 2008. Cruise ships are built primarily at STX Finland Cruise Oy in Turku, as well as STX France Cruise SA in Saint-Nazaire (Chantiers de l'Atlantique). ”
"When did the French start story With the “pass-do not pass” Mistral, the Americans offered them to build a large ship for themselves, because this shipyard initially specializes in cruise ships. The cost of this order is greater than the Mistrali contract, so it is likely that the failure of the contract with Russia is not so critical for the French, ”a shipbuilding industry source told the agency.
In addition, as previously reported, the French defense enterprise DCNS, also participating in the construction of Mistral for Russia, has been involved in the work on the NATO missile defense system. Together with DCNS, American firms are included in the consortium.
Last Thursday, while in Warsaw, French Prime Minister Manuel Waltz stated that "Paris’s decision not to supply Russia with Mistral-type helicopter carriers was sovereign, and France took responsibility for this step."
At the same time, the French opposition criticized the actions of Hollande, who obeyed the US demand. Deputy head of the National Front Florian Filippo tweeted: “If Hollande really doesn’t intend to supply Mistrali, then he completely destroys the trust in France with the sole purpose of obeying Washington.”
Help newspaper: “STX Europe is an international shipbuilding group with 15 shipyards in Brazil, Finland, France, Norway, Romania and Vietnam. The main areas of the company's construction activities are cruise ships and ferries, oil platforms and special ships. Since 2012, in cooperation with the "Baltic Plant" in Saint-Nazaire universal landing ships "Mistral" are being built. The former field of activity, the construction of merchant ships, was separated from the concern in 2008. Cruise ships are built primarily at STX Finland Cruise Oy in Turku, as well as STX France Cruise SA in Saint-Nazaire (Chantiers de l'Atlantique). ”
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