The ongoing saga about the Mistral-class amphibious/helicopter carriers continues. Russian military industry officials now say Russia will build its own carriers to replace the ones that France is refusing to deliver because of the situation in Ukraine.
“We have these types of ships planned but we will build them a bit differently,” Oleg Bochkaryov, deputy chairman of the Russian Military Industrial Commission, recently told journalists. “We’re not going to blatantly copy the Mistral right out,” he added.
Russia and France are now negotiating the end of the deal between the two nations over the decision not to deliver the Mistral-class ships. Russia …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
