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This deal was soaked in hurdles, politics and controversies from the start. As if the apprehension and history between Europe and Russia wasn't enough, that the US/NATO had to meddle in. By the way, almost every word on that Ship is written in Russian. Whoever wants to buy it, have got their...

Re: France Floats Out First Russian Mistral Warship That is more or less true for Russia and US as well. Well it still sits in the UNSC I think and is not going anywhere in the near future. quite opposite to the uk which does not need to ask the germans for permission everytime when making the...

Re: France Floats Out First Russian Mistral Warship I didn't want to merge threads as we've run into 3 pages and this is a new development after some gap. But here's a bit of history on this case, what has been happening till now ...

Re: France Floats Out First Russian Mistral Warship Finally after so many controversies, nays and yays !! Did the Russians get the kind of docking they wanted? Thier preferred landing boats were incompatible to the dock of French mistral and that was the bone of contention. Related reading for...

Re: Mistral deal seals Russia-France special relationship :hmm: I'm not sure how much interference of international politics do the Russian Generals allow in Defense deals. Policy matter on a third country is one thing and their own defense needs are another. But who knows eh? :rolleyes...

Re: Mistral deal seals Russia-France special relationship Last I heard this deal was on the rocks. The two sides weren't able to converge on configuration of the Ship, specially the landing craft and its dock. Check this post -...