Northern Fleet to get helicopter carriers first
Russia’s Northern and Pacific Fleets will be the first to get new helicopter carriers of the French Mistral class.
Russia has reached the final stage in the negotiations with France on purchase of four Mistral helicopter carriers, RIA Novosti reports. The first two carriers will be deployed in the Northern and the Pacific Fleet, says Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov. – We now understand that these vessels and needed in the Northern and Pacific Fleet, he said.
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According to the minister, Russia is in pre-contact talks on purchase of helicopter carriers with three countries – Spain, the Netherlands and France. The first vessel will be built abroad, the two next ones with the help of Russian shipbuilders, while the full construction of the fourth vessel would take place in Russia.
