the russians want one built in their shipyards so they can build others on their own.
they’re trying to get the israelis to do the same thing with their drones.
the chinese have been doing similiar things to the russians for a decade or two.
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As much as I hate to admit it, everything I have seen about the Mistral looks pretty good.
It seems state of the art and pretty flexible.
But I am not a navcraft expert by any means.
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Why would the Russians kick about this? You'd think that, if they were going to multiple foreign sources, they'd want to do all the comm, nav and AAW/ASW electronics themselves for class-wide homogeneity and maintainability, and keeping the parts bin in a secure rear area.