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France to build 2 helicopter carriers Mistral for Russia
PARIS, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS: France will build two helicopter carriers
Mistral for Russia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday.
He arrived at the naval shipyards of the company STX in Saint Nazaire
on the Atlantic coast, where these warships will be built. These
shipyards, which are badly in need of new contracts, employ 2,280
people and the same number of people work in the companies of
subcontractors, Armenpress reports citing Itar-Tass.
`Together with our Russian friends we will build these warships. The
contract is still under discussion, but the decision to build them is
obvious,' the president told the shipyard workers.
Mistral is a cutting-edge multi-purpose warship produced in France.
Warships of this type can perform the functions of a helicopter
carrier, a dockship, a troop carrier, a floating hospital, a landing
ship and a command warship. The Mistral deck can deploy six
helicopters, and ten more helicopters are on standby in the hangar.
The Mistral can ship 60 off-road vehicles or 13 combat tanks and 450
fully equipped paratroopers and up to 900 people without weapons and
outfits. The dock compartment is designed for two aircushion landing
motorboats or four motorboats for the landing of tanks.
From: A. Papazian
PARIS, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS: France will build two helicopter carriers
Mistral for Russia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday.
He arrived at the naval shipyards of the company STX in Saint Nazaire
on the Atlantic coast, where these warships will be built. These
shipyards, which are badly in need of new contracts, employ 2,280
people and the same number of people work in the companies of
subcontractors, Armenpress reports citing Itar-Tass.
`Together with our Russian friends we will build these warships. The
contract is still under discussion, but the decision to build them is
obvious,' the president told the shipyard workers.
Mistral is a cutting-edge multi-purpose warship produced in France.
Warships of this type can perform the functions of a helicopter
carrier, a dockship, a troop carrier, a floating hospital, a landing
ship and a command warship. The Mistral deck can deploy six
helicopters, and ten more helicopters are on standby in the hangar.
The Mistral can ship 60 off-road vehicles or 13 combat tanks and 450
fully equipped paratroopers and up to 900 people without weapons and
outfits. The dock compartment is designed for two aircushion landing
motorboats or four motorboats for the landing of tanks.
From: A. Papazian