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俄羅斯、法國就購買“西北風”級艦艇舉行進一步會談
[據俄新社2009年12月14日報導] 2009年12月14日,俄羅斯國防部消息稱,俄羅斯和法國代表團本月底將舉行會談,商討購買法國“西北風”級兩栖攻擊艦事宜。
2009年12月8日,俄羅斯參謀總長表示,俄羅斯將於2009年末決定是否會購買法國的“西北風”級兩栖攻擊艦。消息稱俄羅斯對僅僅購買1艘艦艇不感興趣。
“主要感興趣的是造船的技術,要能使國內的防務工業能造出類似的艦艇。這是我們絕不含糊和堅定的立場。”
他強調,那種認為僅僅是為海軍購買武器,而不需要獲取合適的先進技術促進俄羅斯自生技術發展的說法是“愚蠢而錯誤”的。他說,“這將充分的應用於從海外購買直升機母艦。”
消息稱,購買類似艦艇的談判不僅在和法國進行,俄羅斯也同時在與荷蘭和西班牙接洽。
2009年12月9日國防部稱,購買“西北風”級艦艇的最終決定取決於“徹底的評估法國技術在俄羅斯國內造船項目框架內的效用”。
俄羅斯副總理伊格爾•謝欽於2009年11月底稱,俄羅斯希望能自己建造和法國“西北風”級一樣的直升機母艦,俄羅斯國防部將授予俄羅斯聯合造船總公司建造合同。
俄羅斯軍方早些時候宣佈,他們正在考慮購買一艘“西北風”級兩栖攻擊艦,價值4-5億歐元,並有可能與法國DCNS合作共同建造3到4艘該級艦艇。
“西北風”級兩栖攻擊艦能夠搭載16架直升機、4艘登陸艇、70輛裝甲車(包括13輛坦克)以及450名士兵。該艦還建有配備了69個床位的醫院。
很多俄羅斯軍事和經濟專家質疑購買該艦的經濟和軍事意義。俄羅斯2015年前的武器採購計畫並不包括建造或購買大型戰鬥艦艇,因此,從法國購買艦艇更有可能放入2020年新的採購計畫之中,該計畫目前還未制定。(中國船舶資訊中心 柳正華)
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Russia, France to hold further warship talks
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15:3214/12/2009
Russian and French delegations will meet later this month to discuss the possible sale of a French warship, a Russian Defense Ministry source said on Monday.
The chief of the General Staff said last Tuesday that Russia would decide by the end of 2009 whether to purchase a Mistral class amphibious assault ship from France.
The source said Russia was not interested in buying just one warship.
"What is of principal interest is shipbuilding technology that will enable the domestic defense industry to build similar ships. That is our unequivocal and categorical position," he said.
He stressed that it was "senseless and wrong" to speak of buying weapon systems for the Navy without obtaining appropriate advanced technology for their subsequent production in Russia.
"This fully applies to the purchase of helicopter carriers abroad," he said.
The source also said that talks on the purchase of warships of the same class were ongoing not only with France but also with the Netherlands and Spain.
The Defense Ministry said last Wednesday that a final decision should be based on "a thorough assessment of the effectiveness of [French] technology in the framework of domestic shipbuilding program."
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said in late November that Russia could build its own helicopter carrier on a par with the French Mistral-class warship, and that the Defense Ministry could contract the United Shipbuilding Corporation to build it.
The Russian military earlier announced that it was considering buying one of the Mistral-class ships, worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 mln), and potentially building three or four vessels of the same class in partnership with the French naval shipbuilder DCNS.
A Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 helicopters, four landing barges, up to 70 vehicles including 13 battle tanks, and 450 soldiers. The vessel is equipped with a 69-bed hospital and can be used as an amphibious command ship.
Many Russian military and industry experts have questioned the financial and military sense of the purchase.
Russia's current arms procurement program through 2015 does not provide for construction or purchases of large warships, so the acquisition of a French warship is more likely under a new program, through 2020, which has yet to be developed.
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti)