Russia to buy two warships from France

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Russia to buy two warships from France
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Evil	Dec 26 2010, 08:45 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Quote: PARIS - After a long hesitation and arduous negotiations, Russia has decided to buy at least two of France's advanced Mistral-class amphibious warships in an unprecedented military deal between Moscow and the West, the two nations said Friday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/24/AR2010122402824.html
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Nuke	Dec 27 2010, 05:11 AM Post #2
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Well, Russia has been making some serious efforts to bring their navy into the 21st century. Indeed, they're producing some pretty high-quality ships now. But, they've never really been known for amphibious warfare ships (apart from the Ivan Rogov-class, which is really more of a glorified troop transport). Most of their amphibious fleet is just a collection of transports and landing ships anyways. So, buying a French amphibious assault ship is a good move for Russia.
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Evil	Dec 27 2010, 06:10 AM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Good move for France as well?
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Nuke	Dec 27 2010, 06:21 AM Post #4
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Evil Dec 27 2010, 06:10 AM Good move for France as well? Economically, yeah. Anytime someone buys something from you, it's a good day. The problem is international. The US (Republicans, specifically) don't like it that a NATO ally is selling advanced hardware to the Russians, and I'm willing to be we aren't the only ones that are concerned. But, it strengthens what has always been a historically warm relationship between France and Russia (except for that whole episode from 1917-1991 that was such a drag). Whether that balances things out, though, I don't quite think so.
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