"... The Mistral-class ships can be used in amphibious assaults and can carry tanks, other armoured vehicles and personnel. It is being marketed by French naval concern DCNS and analysts estimate the cost at about 300 million euros each.
The purchase of a Mistral-class ship would mark Russia's biggest arms purchase from abroad.
If Russia had had this kind of ship in its fleet, it could have moved more swiftly in the Black Sea during last year's war with Georgia, Moscow's naval commander Vladimir Vysotsky told Russian news agencies earlier this month.
Instead of taking 26 hours to perform certain unnamed tasks, it would have taken the Russian Black Sea fleet 40 minutes with such a warship, Vysotsky said..."
Moscow has just recently sent a warship to the Abkhazian coast to counter Georgian attacks on illegal trade with Sukhumi. Now this would be just the right class of ship for that mission, right? Can't believe the French government would be so stupid, or should I?
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