That may be only a fraction of the combined cost of the two vessels, but it nevertheless represents a substantial increase on the original price that will have to be taken on by the prospective buyer or swallowed on the French side.
This has sent the rumour mill into overdrive, with claims that France is using the trip as a way to show off the vessel ahead of a proposal.īut there's a one problem with the theory: It would still cost hundreds of millions of euros to refit the ships to meet China's requirements. It often indicates a user profile.Ĭhinese media have latched onto the point that among the group of French vessels now in Shanghai is the Dixmude landing vessel - the first Mistral-class ship to visit a Chinese port.
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