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French Defense Minister Yves Le Drian has affirmed that France would find buyers for their two Mistral-class ships.

Russian military-technical cooperation sector has confirmed to TASS that they will start dismantling Russian technology from the French ships on Monday. Originally meant for Russia, the two Mistral-class vessels were built by STX France in Saint-Nazaire. France, however, suspended the delivery of ships due to Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis.

Although there were talks and predictions about who would buy the two Mistrals, France was unable to engage in formal negotiations until the deal with Russia had been broken off. In early August, France reached an official agreement with Russia to cancel the contract.

Defense Minister Le Drian told Le Monde he is confident that France would complete the sale of the two ships within the next few weeks.

Some of the potential buyers mentioned were Egypt, India and Singapore.

If France is saying that they will have a deal within a few weeks, then they are already pretty far along with someone about the vesels. I am thinking INdia. it would make a lot of sense. India already has marines. India would be interested in the helos Russia was already building for the vessels.

Time will tell.

 

[FORBIN]

Novorossiysk Submarine in Black Sea
On Wednesday, Novorossiysk, the first new Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine in the post-Soviet Russian history, passed the Turkish Straits and arrived to its permanent deployment in the Black Sea.

SSK Novorossiysk B-261 arrived to Novorossiysk rattached to the new 4th Independent Submarine Brigade a second the Rostov-on-Don B-237 normaly for end of year have do as this one deep dive test close Mourmansk and arrive after.

6 x Kilo 636M for this fleet :
B-261 Novorossiyk in service 2015
B-237 Rostov-on-Don 2015
B-262 Stary Oskol 2015
B-265 Krasnodar 2015/16
B-268 Veliky Novgorod 2016
B-271 Kolpino 2016

Navy had already to Novorossiysk here or close ? : 5 x Grisha V and 5 x MS, only other base to Sevastopol with all the big units and the Kilo 877v Alrosa.Rostov-on-Don

Kilo good SSK worck fast delivery, for Lada the first always in test... !

 

[Jeff Head]

It's Egypt! for both of the Mistrals originally built for Russia.

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PARIS – France says it is selling two Mistral-class warships originally intended for Russia to Egypt instead.

In a statement Wednesday, the French president's office said Egypt would buy both ships. No price was given.

France agreed to refund 950 million euros ($1 billion) already paid by Russia after Paris canceled the sale, which was supposed to be the biggest arms sale ever by a NATO country to Russia but was detailed by the Ukrainian crisis.

Egypt also purchased 24 advanced fighter jets from France earlier this year for nearly $6 billion, as it sought international help to bomb Islamic State targets.

Mistral-class warships can carry 16 helicopter gunships, 700 troops and up to 50 armored vehicles.

Egypt will almost certainly buy a good number of those helicopters Russia was navalizing for these vessels...and I believe Russia will sell them to Egypt.

 

[Air Force Brat]

It's Egypt! for both of the Mistrals originally built for Russia.

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Egypt will almost certainly buy a good number of those helicopters Russia was navalizing for these vessels...and I believe Russia will sell them to Egypt.

Fun, Fun, wonder how many US Dollars will end up in those two girls, we do assist Egypt militarily Or NOT?

 

[Jeff Head]

Fun, Fun, wonder how many US Dollars will end up in those two girls, we do assist Egypt militarily Or NOT?

Well afer the foolish support of the Muslim brotherhood in overthrowing our long time ally in Egypt, and then the resulting Egyptian military and people overthrowing the Muslim Brotherhood a year or so later...let's just say Egypt is not very enamored with the current US Administration.

Yes, we still have sold things to Egypt...or more correctly...existing deals fro before that fiasco ended up going through.

But you find Egypt hedging their bets big time now. After those recent events, they are buying from others. In this case the French.

Since these are French vessels and since the French have other strong interests in Egypt now (the FREMM frigate, the Rafels, etc.) I believe these babies will be done with French assistance.

And the Russians will make hay with them too...selling those nice new KA-52s they were navalizing for these specific vessels.

 

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Kashin class, Smetlivy a true old locomotive
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And it still smoked Russian Navy don't get environmental award with she !

Last Russian Kashin in service modernised with 8 SS-N-25 presumably replaced by new FFG Grigorovitch.

 

[Jura The idiot]

57 mm ... a favorite caliber of Amigo Miragedriver ... jumping into the water (almost

 

[aksha]

MIG29 K and Mig 35

 

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[Jura The idiot]

(concerns Project 11356)
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ships #4, 5, 6 are referred to as something like "Admirals Triple" (due to their names - wiki gives them) and the most recent news about it are:
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... OK, since I've been seeing it for two days now:
"Admirals Triple" is going to be sold to India, to kinda solve the problem of their propulsion (the background:

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