俄羅斯向法國買（聯合建造）4艘法國直升機母艦

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有意思喔，俄羅斯向法國買（聯合建造）4艘法國的直升機母艦（可裝載16隻直升機、4艘登陸艦、70艘戰鬥車輛與450名人員），佈署在北方艦隊與太平洋艦隊。2艘在法國Saint-Nazaire由俄法共同（俄20％法80％）建造，2艘將在俄羅建造。俄國總統電話通知法國總統。

一些人認為，俄羅斯此舉在探測北約海軍科技實力，未來掀桌時可知己知彼（假使此事為真，中國買買烏克蘭的瓦良格號航母，不也如此？）

此事傳言已久，塵埃落定。（影片感謝網友pollux報知）

France wins tender to build warships for Russia●Global Security（2010.12.24）

MOSCOW, December 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy over the phone that France has won a tender to build amphibious assault ships for Russia.

The winner is a consortium comprised of French DCNS and Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the Kremlin press service said.

At the initial stage, two Mistral-class helicopter carriers will be built jointly by France and Russia with another two to be constructed later in Russia.

Russia will perform 20% of the construction work at the STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, USC spokesman Igor Ryabov said.

"Subsequently the share of the project's localization in Russia will increase," he said.

Russia has been in talks with France on the purchase of Mistral-class warships on a 2+2 scheme whereby Russia will buy one or two French-built Mistrals and build another two under license at home.

A Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 helicopters, four landing vessels, up to 70 armored vehicles including 13 battle tanks, and 450 personnel.

The Russian military has said it plans to use Mistral ships in its Northern and Pacific fleets.

Many Russian military and industry experts have questioned the financial and military sense of the purchase, and some believe that Russia simply wants to gain access to advanced naval technology that could be used in the future in potential conflicts with NATO and its allies.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2010/russia-101224-rianovosti03.htm