Warship Accord Signed With France
January 26 2011
France has formalized a deal to sell four Mistral amphibious warships to the Russian navy, reports RIA Novosti.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and French Defense Minister Allain Juppe signed the accord on Tuesday in the presence of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Saint Nazaire at the French shipyard.
Under the agreement, four of the Mistral-class helicopter carriers will be built. Russia's input in the construction will gradually increase from 20 percent in the...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC
Contract Number: LCFDL24D0002
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
customerservice@militaryperiscope.com
©Military Periscope 2025
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.