France has its own class of formidable “helicopter carriers,” the Mistral amphibious assault ships. These command and power projection vessels have the capacity and capability to lug up to 16 heavy ...

-The cancellation cost France 409 million Euros. -The Mistral-class, an amphibious assault ship capable of carrying 16 helicopters, 70 vehicles, and 450 soldiers, was later sold to Egypt. -While 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 ...