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France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia
Quick ReadFrench crew shows off warship to Russian military, talk of purchase riles neighbors
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — French officers on Tuesday showed off a cutting-edge warship to a potential buyer — the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
Russia's once-mighty navy has declined severely since the fall of the Soviet Union and has no big ship with the power to anchor in coastal waters and deploy troops onto...
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