Russia’s United Ship-Building Corporation
earlier said the domestic shipyards could create the analog of Mistral ships.
MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. Russia will build its first helicopter carrier
by 2022, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday.
"The cycle of building a helicopter carrier is at least four years; yes, somewhere by 2022," the deputy defense minister said.
"The cycle of building a helicopter carrier is at least four years; yes, somewhere by 2022," the deputy defense minister said.
The Russian
Navy currently lacks universal amphibious assault ships. Mistral-class
helicopter carriers ordered in France in 2011 were not delivered to Russia.
Russia’s
United Ship-Building Corporation earlier said the domestic shipyards could
create the analog of Mistral ships.
Late in
July last year, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bursuk said the technical
assignment for the universal amphibious assault ship had been prepared.
Source: ITAR-TASS 26-05-2017
