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Report: Russia to buy navy ship from France
AP on Yahoo ^
| 10/31/09
| AP
Posted on 10/31/2009 8:46:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MOSCOW – Moscow plans to buy a French amphibious assault ship, the first such purchase from a NATO country, as the Kremlin seeks to reaffirm Russia's global reach, a Russian news agency reported Saturday.
The Defense Ministry also plans to license the production of four more ships of the Mistral class in Russia under the guidance of French engineers, Navy Admiral Oleg Burtsev was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.
A Mistral ship is capable of carrying more than a dozen helicopters along with dozens of tanks and other armored vehicles and is fit for missions intended to project Russian naval power to distant areas.
Burtsev said the ships will be part of Russia's Arctic and Pacific fleets.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: france; mistral; navyship; russia
Mistral class
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posted on
10/31/2009 8:48:29 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: NormsRevenge
Hope they checked the propeller.
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posted on
10/31/2009 8:50:20 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
To: NormsRevenge
svimwear . . . very niiice . . . .
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posted on
10/31/2009 8:51:04 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: NormsRevenge
I hope the French don’t mind reverse engineering and the Chinese mysterously making ships like this 4-5 years from now...
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posted on
10/31/2009 8:54:24 PM PDT
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe we could build our own ships and employ skilled Americans. Thia is idiotic .
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posted on
10/31/2009 9:06:25 PM PDT
by
fantom
(,)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
10/31/2009 9:07:22 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: NormsRevenge
It's not as good as the U.S.S. Pelosi, which doesn't have a carbon footprint.
To: NormsRevenge; ontap; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; ...
The Russian Navy buying French combat ships--
Gadzooks! You just cannot... 
make this stuff up!
What next? Obama taking field command... 
in Afghanistan?
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posted on
11/01/2009 3:50:06 AM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: NormsRevenge
I thought the frogs opted out of NATO years ago.
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posted on
11/01/2009 6:13:01 PM PST
by
G-Man 1
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