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| French Helicopter Carrier Sails Into St. Petersburg |
| 2009-11-23 |
| A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries. Russia's once-mighty navy was severely degraded after the fall of the Soviet Union and it currently has no big ship with the power to anchor in coastal waters and deploy troops onto land. Russian officials announced this year that they were planning to make their first arms deal with a NATO country by buying a French vessel like the Mistral, a 23,700-ton (21,500-metric ton), 980-foot (299-meter) vessel able carry more than a dozen helicopters able to haul hundreds of troops directly onto enemy territory. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #5 What does the Frenchman Monsieur de Fault have against Russia, JosephM? /ducks |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-23 21:17 |
| #4 ION PRAVDA > DEFAULT TO HIT RUSSIA AGAIN? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-23 19:59 |
| #3 It sailed in? Wha hoppen, the engines quit? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-11-23 18:42 |
| #2 RUSSIA = VLADVEDEV at this time need only focus on parameters of MilEcon "sufficiency" while modernz Russia's industrial, other national sectors. OTOH CHINESE MIL FORUMS > many Chin Netters + Politicos are repor in favor of using MISTRAL-style and related Helo-Amphib Carrier designs as the base for FUTURIST MULTI-CAPABLE/ASSET, ANTI-US = ANTI-USN, "MOTHER/ARSENAL SHIPS", espec as per UV's + SPAWAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-23 18:10 |
| #1 Oh, it *docked* in St. Petersburg. From the headline, I assumed this was Yet Another Naval Mishap. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-11-23 11:11 |