Armée Française

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Les armées soi-disant professionnelles sont un leurre, elle coûtent chères, et le moment venu on tape de toute façon dans les réserves, la garde nationale lorsqu'il en existe une, ou dans la conscription pour aller au combat. Il faut estimer ce qui doit être professionnalisé de ce qui n'a pas besoin de l'être, de ce qui peut être laissé entre les mains de conscrits, idem en ce qui concerne la réserve qui se doit d'être une réserve d'active et non pas un troupeau à disposition.
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DCNS Offers Prototype Vessel to French Navy


Paris - DCNS has offered to the French Navy use of a company-funded prototype ocean or offshore patrol vessel as the naval company strives to become the top supplier of warships in foreign markets.
"DCNS counts on becoming the world leader in the export of armed ships," the company said in a draft press release made available to Defense News.
"DCNS has proposed to the French Navy from 2012 the deployment within its fleet a prototype of the new range of Gowind ocean patrol vessels that the company will build with its own funds. The demonstration of the operational capabilities of this ship in a first rank navy will deliver a significant competitive advantage in international marketing," the report said.
A curtailed version of the press release was distributed at a Dec. 8 press conference on DCNS' strategy, given by Chief Executive Patrick Boissier.
An industry researcher said DCNS had no choice but to finance development and construction if the new vessel is intended for export markets rather than for the French Navy. "They have to," the researcher said.
Boissier told the press conference the company was studying ways it could deliver a "sea-proven" warship by 2012, to boost chances of orders for a planned new generation of patrol vessels for the French Navy under the Batiment de surveillance et intervention maritime (Batsimar) program.
"For the Gowind, one of the possible applications is Batsimar, which as you know is in the second [military budget law], from 2012. We hope to have a "sea-proven" product to show to the Navy at that time," he said.
"We are studying the ways which would allow us to have a sea-proven ship. There is no question of a [public-private partnership] whatsoever," Boissier said.
The Batiment de surveillance et intervention maritime program is intended to replace the aging fleet of some 20 patrol vessels currently deployed around the French coast and in the waters around its overseas territories and departments. The new ships would replace the current P400 patrol vessels and Aviso-class of frigates. The latter have been downgraded from first-rank ships of the line to second-class vessels.

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“DCNS a proposé à la marine nationale de déployer au sein de sa flotte à partir de 2012 un prototype d’une nouvelle version du patrouilleur océanique Gowind que la compagnie va construire sur ses fonds propres. La démonstration des capacités opérationnelles de ce bâtiment dans une marine de 1er rang donnera un avantage compétitif significatif sur le marché international.”