France has cleared sale of four Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia raising concerns from the United States and former Soviet satellites, including Lithuania and Georgia. Should the deal ...

What You Need to Know: In 2010, Russia nearly secured a deal to purchase two Mistral-class helicopter carriers from France, which would have significantly bolstered its naval capabilities, ...

France's confirmation of plans to sell high-end warships to Moscow is prompting Tbilisi to renew calls for its admission into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Tbilisi says NATO membership would ...

The U.S. Navy activated its two hospital ships and is deploying them to U.S. cities to help reinforce hospitals anticipating a spike in coronavirus patients. Mercy is heading for Los Angeles. Comfort ...

MOSCOW, January 31. /ITAR-TASS/. It will take about a year to adjust the first Russian Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok to the Russian Defense Ministry’s requirements, the Vice-President ...

Mistral built for Russia goes on new sea trials, delivery still suspended PARIS, April 15. /TASS/. The Sevastopol Mistral-class helicopter carrier built for Russia will not go on third sea trials, a ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that French Navy Mistral-class LHDs Mistral (L9013) and Dixmude (L9015) will be deployed to Reunion Island and the Caribbean in support of the ...

Russia has not imported defense equipment from the West since World War II. So it will be a major turn of events if it buys a Mistral-class landing-helicopter dock (LHD), the biggest vessel currently ...

PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he was "certain" France would build two Mistral class helicopter carriers for Russia. Russia hopes to buy four Mistral class ...

An American MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 lands on French amphibious ship FS Tonnerre on June 28, 2019, during the Semper Thunder exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C. USNI ...