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France Settles with Russia Over Mistrals


Much to the consternation of France’s allies, after Putin’s annexation of Crimea Paris looked for a while like it was still going to deliver two Mistral-class warships, designed to carry helicopters and to mount amphibious assaults, to Russia. We followed the story pretty closely both because it served as a test of European solidarity on the matter of Russian aggression and because the ships themselves would have been a big boon for Moscow’s ability to attack its neighbors. When France ultimately nixed the deal, we were among those cheering.It’s not clear from the reporting how much Russia had prepaid at …read more

Source: The American Interest

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