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| France demands EU approach to toxic warships |
| 2006-03-09 |
| France has demanded that the EU set up a working group to study ways to deal with ageing warships, after the French government last month had to bring home an asbestos-lined retired aircraft carrier on its way to be junked in India. Meeting with her European counterparts in Innsbruck in Austria, French defence minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Tuesday (7 March) said that the issue of outdated equipment was posing a problem throughout the world, writes Le Monde. As a first step, the proposed working group would take inventory of Europe's retired warships with some estimates saying that around 1,000, possibly toxic, civil and military vessels are waiting to be scrapped in European ports. |
| Posted by:mumbles |
| #5 ROFLMAO, ed! Shit - wotta mess! Paper towels! My kingdom for paper towels! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-03-09 20:24 |
| #4 Sink it in the Thames and declare it a great naval victory. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-03-09 20:19 |
| #3 They really should have given it an honorable death, and sunk it somewhere with an ad hoc ceremony... but they just didn't have the stones to go against greenpeace (which took its revenge after the boarding of the Rainbow warrior II by french naval commandoes during the nuclear testings), and mismanaged this the usual way... and so France is the whole world's laughing stock again. Great, just what we needed. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-03-09 14:47 |
| #2 What is the crew complement on this one? perhaps they should test the reduced 'roboship' manning concept on this POS first. Seriously, Ima surprized they didn't encounter 'heavy weather' during the tow home and mysteriously founder. |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-03-09 14:37 |
| #1 Oh come on, Frogs! Just take responsibility for the asbestos-ridden heap of floating junk, don't try to make it someone else's problem. |
| Posted by: Spot 2006-03-09 08:31 |