Re: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:36 pm
Gotcha !! So rather than sending it to a museum, you "pushed" it to a friendly country, promising it would be fully refurbished and perfectly operational ... And, quite frankly, it was not so cheap as you pals are pointing up. This was not an ethical attitude to a friendly country, and I hope the same kind of attitude is not going to be found on the Rafale or the submarine business.Bill wrote: you can ask Sao Paulo crew about that [...] The point is when France stop use a ship, the normal reasonable next owner shall be a museum for almost all case!
Just as a sidenote, the Minas Gerais aircraft carrier (ex-HMS Vengeance) was also bought secondhand and it provided many years of reliable operation. And many former US vessels as well, even though our navy maintenance was not so good as it is today.
As for "asking the São Paulo crew", I'd rather ask the families of the crewmen killed by the explosion of the vapor system...
I agree with ostriker, examples of unreliability can be found everywhere. My point is: please do not praise a supposed better reliability of French gear, simply because, as noted before in this topic, they are not better nor worse than the other's.
Regards to all,
Nelson