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2005-01-02 Southeast Asia
France to send helicopter carrier to Asia
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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-02 12:46:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Do they have extensive carrier repair facilities somewhere over there? They say "Asia" and that covers a lot of territory, lol! I guess wherever it makes it to will be where they'll claim was intended. Of course getting it back, afterwards, involves my initial question...

Oh, that does include all five (giggle) helicopters, too, right? Big-ass carrier. 5 helos. Oh well, every little bit helps. Who'll provide facilities for keeping the helos up? Lol - there's no end to this, methinks.

Color me impressed!
Posted by .com 2005-01-02 1:11:16 AM||   2005-01-02 1:11:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What, no photo .com?

Bon voyage for the frogs. May their prop stay on for the duration.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2005-01-02 1:17:29 AM||   2005-01-02 1:17:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 And here she is, CL, lol!
Posted by .com 2005-01-02 1:24:12 AM||   2005-01-02 1:24:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Bon voyage for the frogs.

Oh, and keep a sharp eye out for that new (*CRUNCH*) reef...
Posted by Seafarious  2005-01-02 1:31:37 AM||   2005-01-02 1:31:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 .com: that's not a helicopter carrier! That's a friggin' destroyer with a landing deck on the back for a few frickin' helicopters!

The friggin French -- must they blow everything out of proportion?
Posted by Steve White  2005-01-02 1:48:31 AM||   2005-01-02 1:48:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Spont on, Dr Steve, lol! CL asked, so... I aims ta pleeze ya know...
Posted by .com 2005-01-02 2:03:17 AM||   2005-01-02 2:03:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Traditionally the "Jeanne d'Arc" name has been reserved for the ship of the French Naval Academy who takes aspiring officers in a world around trip for vacation instruction. I don't know if this still holds.
Posted by JFM  2005-01-02 4:38:44 AM||   2005-01-02 4:38:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 It still holds according to http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/jeanne_d-arc.htm
Posted by JFM  2005-01-02 4:42:17 AM||   2005-01-02 4:42:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 
France will send ... to Asia on Monday
Well, ain't that special.

Hey, assholes, the disaster is over a week old. If you can't get your shit together any sooner than that, of what use are you?

How do these clowns find their own asses? (Never mind - I know the answer. They feel the top of their necks.)
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2005-01-02 11:30:21 AM||   2005-01-02 11:30:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Sending them on Monday? From France? How long will it be before they get there?
Posted by Tom 2005-01-02 2:29:53 PM||   2005-01-02 2:29:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Jeanne d'Arc
Salida del servicio: disposicion para servir hasta el 2005. Le dernier voyage.
I have heard that they have very good marine junk yards in India.
Posted by SwissTex 2005-01-02 5:22:25 PM||   2005-01-02 5:22:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Actually it's a pretty well designed ship, helicopters cruiser plus school ship. It's the right one to send.
Posted by Shipman 2005-01-02 6:29:59 PM||   2005-01-02 6:29:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Shipman, it might be the only one they have that could stay afloat long enough to get to the Indian Ocean.
Posted by RWV 2005-01-02 7:54:31 PM||   2005-01-02 7:54:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Is there no one in France that realizes what a self-parody France has become?
Posted by RWV 2005-01-02 7:56:31 PM||   2005-01-02 7:56:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Only 2, I fear... our own beleagered JFM (whom I would love to drag over here, lol!) and The Dissident Frogman... Maybe a third, if the Pave France blog is still operating, heh.
Posted by .com 2005-01-02 7:59:38 PM||   2005-01-02 7:59:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Named after a troublesome woman who got burned at the stake? Oh, great. Two tickets, please...
Posted by mojo  2005-01-02 10:28:54 PM||   2005-01-02 10:28:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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