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Thursday, February 07, 2013

In Russia, threats to a French warship deal

Mistral-class Amphibious assault ship |Swelling opposition in Moscow to a deal involving the purchase of amphibious assault ships from France may scuttle Russia’s last opportunity in the near future to invigorate its listless naval shipbuilding industry, writes research and news agency Stratfor.

The Mistral-class warships would address certain limitations in the Russian military while giving the country much-needed experience and technology for the construction of large military vessels; but the project faces steep obstacles.

The project could be downgraded as a result of power struggles inside the Kremlin, while the allocation of funds for the project as part of the country’s military modernization plans seem tenuous at best.

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