Estonian Navy to buy 3 used British minehunters
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Anonymous13 Apr 2006 20:46
The submarines that Canada purchased from Britain proved to be scrap-iron. And who cares? The tax-payer has plenty of dough for Admirals in Ottawa who outnumber both ships and seamen.
I wonder? Is Estonia getting snookered? Why does Estonia need three used-minesweepers to look for WW-II mines? I suspect that Estonian Admirals are making mischief to justify their top-floor, corner-office with a fire-place.
Maxim14 Apr 2006 08:44
There are one heck of a lot of remaining mines and various sorts of Soviet and German explosives lying on the floor of Estonian waters. This is a big problem for Estonia, and is one of the primary reasons that Estonia is against the German-Russian underground pipes for pumping oil to different countries in Europe. There is the strategic aspect, but of equal importance is the environmental one, which seems to be much more sensitive than initially thought.
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