מצרים קונה 2 נושאות מסוקים ענקיות מצרפת וכן 3 צוללות גרעיניות מגרמניה שישראל ויתרה עלהם

Egypt takes delivery of first French helicopter carrier NASSER
מצרים קונה 2 נושאות מסוקים ענקיות מצרפת וכן 3 צוללות גרעיניות מגרמניה שישראל ויתרה עלהם 

The best thing is carrier's name: Gamal Abdul Nasser, the late great Egyptian leader

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Egypt received on Thursday the first of two French helicopter carriers as the Middle Eastern country is seeking to boost its defence capabilities against regional turbulence.
Chief of the Egyptian Navy OsamaٌRabae raised the national flag at the Mistral Landing Helicopter Dock warship, marking its commissioning into the Egyptian fleet.
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Egypt's military is fighting both ISIS in Libya and Iranian-backed Houthis rebels in Yemen.

Adding to that, Egypt is also responsible for helping their Arab League allies so if Egypt has 2 Mistral-class ships, they can deploy troops to Yemen (to fight Houthis rebels) and Libya (to fight ISIS).
Egypt takes delivery of its second French Mistral warship






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Egypt has taken delivery of its second French Mistral helicopter carrier, the Anwar El-Sadat, on Friday Sept 16th, part of a $1 billion deal signed in 2015. Egypt has taken over the ship at a ceremony organized in the Atlantic Harbour of Saint-Nazaire. The two Mistral Helicopter Carriers were originally built for Russia, but the sale was cancelled after Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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La Marine égyptienne a réceptionné son second porte-hélicoptère de classe Mistral, le Anwar El-Sadat, le 16 septembre 2016, à l'occasion d'une cérémonie organisée dans le port de Saint-Nazaire. Les deux navires avaient initialement été commandés par la marine russe, mais le contrat avait été cassé après l'invasion de la Crimée par l'Armée Rouge.

€1.2bn down the drain: France may sink Mistral ships

The Mistral and Tonnerre BPC (bâtiment de projection et de commandment) ships are the French Navy's new 21,300 t amphibious assault, command and power projection ships. The ships have been built by DCN in partnership with Thales and Chantiers de l'Atlantique.

In April 2007, DCN became DCNS. This followed an agreement in which Thales became a 25% shareholder in the new company and DCN acquired the naval business of Thales France naval equipment).
The Mistral Class is fitted with a high-performance communications suite which makes the ship suitable for deployment as a command vessel. The ships also have the capacity to accommodate a combined (multinational) joint (multiservice) task force (CJTF).

The ship has the capacity to carry up to 16 medium or heavy helicopters below deck, for example the NH90, SA 330 Puma, AS 532 U2 Cougar or AS 665 Tiger helicopters. The flight deck has six landing spots and a 1,800m² hangar. The 5,000m² flight deck can accommodate up to six helicopter movements simultaneously.

The Mistral will carry either four CTM, landing craft utility (LCU) or two air-cushion landing craft (LCACs). The French Navy ordered new high-speed landing craft, engins de débarquement amphibie rapide (EDA-R) which could be carried on the Mistral. The Mistral Class is fitted with the DCN Senit 8 derivative combat data system and will be fitted with the French Navy's SIC 21 command system for joint operations, which is being developed by Thales.
A high-performance communications suite includes the Thales Syracuse III satellite communications system.

The ship has a crew of 160 with 20 officers. A mission voyage involving the transport of troops and equipment would typically take two to three weeks. Mistral and Tonnerre carry sufficient stores for the crew and 450 troops for 45 days between replenishments. The maximum speed is 19 knots and the range at 14 kt is 11,000nm.
The 69-bed, 750m² hospital is equipped with two operating theatres. If additional hospital or medevac space is required, the hangar can also be converted into a modular field hospital. The Mistral is armed with two MBDA France Simbad launchers for the Mistral air defence missile. Mistral has infra-red guidance and a range up to 6 km.


France seeks to get off cheap in Mistral deal limbo




France has proposed to terminate the Mistral ships contract, offering €100mn less than Moscow paid upfront, not to mention other costs, and only after Russia allows selling the helicopter carriers to a third party, sources told Kommersant newspape



FRANCE says "NO, will NOT give MISTRAL AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS to RUSSIA"