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Russia: No to Mistral in favor of the South Korean Dokdo class helicopter carrier?

Moscow, Russia - To Russian shipbuilding industries consortium maybe more convenient to develop future cooperative relationships Moscow-Seoul

Russian consortium Osk asked (through an official letter sent by its President Roman Trotsenko to Defence Minister Anatoly Serdioukov) the ministry of Defence to consider the purchase of South Korean helicopter carrier Dokdo class instead of formalizing the since-months-spoken contract with France for Mistral. This one includes purchase of a single one and construction of three in industrial facilities...

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Rome, Italy, 07/16/2010 07:41
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