That's sheer defamation, that kind of gearbox is an Italian thing, not FrenchHermit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:46 amAustralia cancelled the contract when it was discovered that, although the French Diesel-electric propulsion system was excellent in many ways, it had two major flaws: a) Its lubricants had to come from Vichy. b) The gearboxes had one forward and six reverse gears.Svartalf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:13 amSay, Ozzie Ratz. French news are wailing non stop that your government is a bunch of traitorous dingoes.
Apparently you had singed a contract for building a bunch of subs with us, which apparently was already on the way... and all of a sudden, they break it, because they want to get closer to britain and the US and want nuclear subs instead of the diesel electrics you had ordered from us.
What's your side of the deal?
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Wrong. The French invented that gearbox the moment Sitzkrieg turned into Blitzkrieg. The Italians were copycats.Svartalf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:52 pmThat's sheer defamation, that kind of gearbox is an Italian thing, not FrenchHermit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:46 amAustralia cancelled the contract when it was discovered that, although the French Diesel-electric propulsion system was excellent in many ways, it had two major flaws: a) Its lubricants had to come from Vichy. b) The gearboxes had one forward and six reverse gears.Svartalf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:13 amSay, Ozzie Ratz. French news are wailing non stop that your government is a bunch of traitorous dingoes.
Apparently you had singed a contract for building a bunch of subs with us, which apparently was already on the way... and all of a sudden, they break it, because they want to get closer to britain and the US and want nuclear subs instead of the diesel electrics you had ordered from us.
What's your side of the deal?
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France is now in the running for the biggest international dummy spit of the year:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-18/ ... /100473106
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The French company involved has already pocketed nearly a billion dollars from the Oz government, and we have committed to pay an additional 400 million dollars for ending the contract. There were continual delays and arguments over the design...French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said France is immediately recalling its ambassadors to Australia and the US in response to the new submarine deal.
He said the decision, on request from President Emmanuel Macron, was "justified by the exceptional seriousness of the announcements" made by the new AUKUS alliance between the US, Australia and the UK.
The pact meant Australia scrapped a $90 billion contract to buy French conventional submarines in favour of nuclear-powered subs built with US technology.
Mr Le Drian said the cancellation of the deal constituted "unacceptable behaviour between allies and partners, whose consequences directly affect the vision we have of our alliances, of our partnerships and of the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe".
A White House official said the United States regretted France's decision and would continue to be engaged in the coming days to resolve differences between the two countries.
A recall of ambassadors is highly unusual between allied countries.
In 2019, Paris recalled its envoy to neighbouring Italy after the country’s leaders made critical public comments about the French government.
Last year, France recalled its ambassador to Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Macron needed mental health treatment.
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Quasi-fascist state gains nukes. Can understand why the Chinese might be alarmed. So easy to mistake a missile for a beer can and lob it over the garden fence.
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You do understand the "nuclear" in "nuclear submarine" means it's powered by nuclear energy? Not that it's carrying nukes.
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Peaceful protest against Communism.NineBerry wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:23 am"Peaceful" Strayan Anti Lockdown protesters (video)
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Bunch of crazy right wing loons.NineBerry wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:23 am"Peaceful" Strayan Anti Lockdown protesters (video)
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Agitated by German agents!JimC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:20 pmBunch of crazy right wing loons.NineBerry wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:23 am"Peaceful" Strayan Anti Lockdown protesters (video)
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France withdraws their ambassadors to the US and Australia in protest about the submarine thing. Good dummy spit.
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bah, let them stew in their sillliness a couple weeks and it all will come back to normal, there's nothing they can do about it anyway... nothing smart at least.
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