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Russian Navy Chief Attended Mistral Keel Laying Ceremony at STX Shipyard in France.
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Forces News - Russia |
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Russian Navy Chief Attended Mistral Keel Laying Ceremony at STX Shipyard
in France |
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The
Commander of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, will attend an
official keel laying ceremony on Friday for the first Mistral-class
amphibious assault ship being built at a French shipyard for
Russia. Construction of the warship, named Vladivostok, began last year
at the STX shipyard in St. Nazaire, after Russia made an advance payment
as part of the 1.2-billion euro deal for two French-built Mistral vessels,
which was signed in June 2011. The ceremony on Friday involved the placement of the first bow section into a dry dock. The Russian Embassy in France has confirmed the event took place. |
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 DCNS is supplying two BPC-type projection and command vessels to Russia under a contract that came into effect at the end of 2011. |
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Similar
in size to the French Mistral class, the Russian Navy version (Vladivostok
class) will receive only minor modifications, including an increased
hangar height to accomodate Kamov helicopters, reinforced hull to operate
in Arctic zones, specific warming devices on deck, russian weapons (AK-630M,
3M-47 Gibka and MPTU) and systems. |