Mistral-class amphibious assault ship | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-04

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00:01:43 1 History
00:01:52 1.1 French doctrine of amphibious operations in 1997
00:03:52 1.2 Evolution of the concept
00:07:37 1.3 Design and construction
00:13:57 2 Features and capabilities
00:14:21 2.1 Aviation
00:17:02 2.2 Amphibious transport
00:18:23 2.3 Command and communications
00:20:09 2.4 Armament
00:23:24 2.5 Hospital
00:24:32 2.6 Propulsion
00:25:25 2.7 Accommodation
00:26:32 3 Operational history
00:29:59 4 Export
00:32:24 4.1 Russian purchase
00:39:55 4.2 Egyptian purchase
00:40:50 4.3 Mistral 140
00:43:26 5 Ships
00:43:35 6 See also
00:43:50 7 Notes and references
00:44:00 8 External links



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The Mistral class is a class of five amphibious assault ships, also known as a helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. Referred to as "projection and command ships" (French: bâtiments de projection et de commandement or BPC), a Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters, four landing barges, up to 70 vehicles including 13 AMX Leclerc tanks, or a 40-strong Leclerc tank battalion, and 450 soldiers. The ships are equipped with a 69-bed hospital, and are capable of serving as part of a NATO Response Force, or with United Nations or European Union peace-keeping forces.
Three ships of the class are in service in the French Navy: Mistral, Tonnerre, and Dixmude. A deal for two ships for the Russian Navy was announced by then French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 24 December 2010, and signed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and French Defence Minister Alain Juppé in the presence of Sarkozy on 25 January 2011. On 3 September 2014, French President François Hollande announced the postponement of delivery of the first warship, Vladivostok, due to the Russia–Ukraine crisis. On 5 August 2015, President François Hollande and Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that France will pay back payments and keep the two ships initially produced for the Russian Navy; the two ships were later sold to Egypt.