The French Navy Mistral-class LHD Tonnerre and Lafayette-class frigate Courbet were spotted departing Toulon naval base today. The navy's Mediterranean command (CECMEC) confirmed to Naval News that an ...

France has its own class of formidable “helicopter carriers,” the Mistral amphibious assault ships. These command and power projection vessels have the capacity and capability to lug up to 16 heavy ...

France is on the verge of selling a warship to Russia. If the deal goes through, it would be the first time a NATO country has sold advanced military equipment to Russia. The possible sale of the ...

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 09: (CHINA OUT) French Mistral-class protection and command (BPC) ship Dixmude which is protected by frigate Aconit arrives at Wusong Naval Port on May 9, 2015 in Shanghai, China ...

France has to make a crucial decision which will have far-reaching consequences. Whether to deliver two Mistral ships to Russia (which were originally earmarked for the Russian Navy) and face the ...

MOSCOW, July 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian shipyards are capable of maintaining and serving two Mistral-class helicopter carriers, which Russia expected to receive from France under a bilateral contract ...

Baltic Shipyard cuts metal for the hull of first Mistral-class amphibious assault ship for construction in France. Russia and France signed a US$1.2-billion contract on two French-built Mistral class ...

ST. PETERSBURG, July 1. /TASS/. Russia will build its own landing ships to replace the Mistral class helicopter carriers it ordered in France, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Viktor ...

(FILES) A picture taken on November 21, 2014 shows the Mistral-class assault warship Sevastopol, the second of two mammoth Mistral helicopter carriers, docked at the western French port of ...

The U.S. Navy activated its two hospital ships and is deploying them to U.S. cities to help reinforce hospitals anticipating a spike in coronavirus patients. Mercy is heading for Los Angeles. Comfort ...

The Russian-French Mistral Class helicopter carrier saga has been a long and rocky one. Originally the two amphibious assault ships were built for Russia, with many Russian combat systems installed, ...

PARIS – French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged for the first time that France will have to give Russia a refund if the country doesn't sell the Mistral-class warship whose delivery has ...