Russia To Build Helicopter Carrier "Similar To Mistral": Analysis
Photo taken in May 2014 of the first "Ivan Gren" class boat built in Russia's Yantar Shipbuilding plant. Ten years after its construction started, it is still not finished. Russia declared that it has begun work on a helicopter carrier similar to a Mistral and provided a few interesting details . Little analysis: - The capacity of this helicopter carrier is of .. one helicopter. - Russia is not able to build an equivalent of the Mistral before 2050 - The so called helicopter carrier "similar to Mistral" is in fact the sistership of the "Ivan Gren" which is 7 years overdue and still not finished.