French navy frigate buzzed by an armed Russian aircraft

[Vergennes]

It aimed to intimidate France and its president.

According to our information, the French frigate Aquitaine, posted in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of Operation Chammal, was flown over the weekend by at least one Russian aircraft displaying an "aggressive" posture, according to the term we heard , characterized by two elements. The first is the proximity: the aircraft has passed closer to the French ship. While such Russian visits are not rare in the vicinity of French ships, they are generally at a reasonable distance, thus marking an attitude clearly unambiguous, if not friendly. This time, the visit was clearly more belligerent.

The second significant element is that the plane was, this time, armed with its weapons, turning the passage into a very clear message to the French authorities, and particularly to the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, Chief of the Armed Forces. The ship is one of the jewels of the French navy, equipped with equipment that has never been used in operational conditions, the naval cruise missile, or MdCN. He can hit a target more than 1,000 kilometers from his starting point and would be able to be used in strikes against the Bashar al-Assad regime; this option had already been mentioned in 2017. The specialized site Sea and Marine studies here this hypothesis of use of a weapon which would thus know its baptism of the fire.

http://www.lepoint.fr/editos-du-poi...-par-un-avion-russe-10-04-2018-2209474_53.php

 

[Gomig-21]

lol Russians pilots are nuts. If they buzzed American ships at the most ridiculous range, they'll buzz anyone else. They really have huge cajones.

 

[Joe Shearer]

lol Russians pilots are nuts. If they buzzed American ships at the most ridiculous range, they'll buzz anyone else. They really have huge cajones.

Perhaps all their blood rushes 'there', and there is little left over for the brain?

 

[war&peace]

Both sides should display restraint. I appreciate that overall it remained peaceful.

 

[vostok]

I suppose this peacefull French ship have no intensions to somehow attack some independent Arab nation without UNO mandat? If it is so - they have nothing to worry about.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Independent Arab nation

Syria an "Independent Arab Nation"...
The only Independence they've got, is their ability to be "Dependent"...

 

[Mustang06]

Vodka effects.....

Purchase some Vodka for BSF posted on LOC since rum fails to ignite bravery.

No need to drag your India obsession to this thread. Reported.

 

[vostok]

Syria an "Independent Arab Nation"...
The only Independence they've got, is their ability to be "Dependent"...

I suppose that a representative of any state would be offended if independence of his state is questioned. I even suspect that there are some people who might question the real independence of France or Tunisia.

 

[Imran Khan]

Vodka effects.....

Purchase some Vodka for BSF posted on LOC since rum fails to ignite bravery.

i hardly buy rum i feel so thirsty at night after drinking neat rum

 

[Maarkhoor]

i hardly buy rum i feel so thirsty at night after drinking neat rum

Try single malt whisky or beer...in fact strong beer is good for health.

 

[untitled]

What was the type of the offending aircraft?

 

[Arsalan 345]

After supporting Britain in skripal drama serial,french should realize now that Russia will not allow them to hit Syria using ships.russia is already sick of Boris Johnson and his lies.attack on Syria by nato and America means war for Russia.

 

[HannibalBarca]

lol Russians pilots are nuts. If they buzzed American ships at the most ridiculous range, they'll buzz anyone else. They really have huge cajones.

https://twitter.com/x/status/983755267371339776

Perhaps all their blood rushes 'there', and there is little left over for the brain?

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

After supporting Britain in skripal drama serial,french should realize now that Russia will not allow them to hit Syria using ships.russia is already sick of Boris Johnson and his lies.attack on Syria by nato and America means war for Russia.

It did not mean war the last time.
The only thing the Russians can afford is to claim that they shot down everything attacking Syria,
and deny that the destroyed equipment shown on their own videos were harmed.
There will be tons of gullible trolls retweeting and quoting, while Russians enjoy beeing able to spread lies without costing them a single kopek. They will be laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[Vergennes]

Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, went on Monday 9 April to the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM, Direction du Renseignement Militaire), in Creil.

Attached to the armies staff, the directorate is responsible for the collection and analysis of intelligence of military interest throughout the world. For this, it relies on its own resources as well as on the entire French military system deployed abroad.

The DRM uses the most up-to-date and high-performance means to keep the ministry and state authorities constantly informed.

With all the intelligence services, it helps to give the highest authorities, both civilian and military, an independent and reliable assessment of the situation on the outside theaters, a prerequisite for any decision-making.