PARIS – After cancelling the sale to Russia, France finds itself lumbered with two giant Mistral warships which it will find “extremely difficult” to re-sell and cannot afford to keep, say experts.The pair of 200-metre (650-foot) amphibious helicopter-carriers were due for delivery to Russia by the end of this year in a deal worth an estimated 1.2 billion euros (S$1.81 billion).Instead, they are docked in the western French port at St Nazaire after Paris put the deal on ice in response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine last year. …read more
Source: AsiaOne
