TBILISI, Georgia – Never at a loss to pass up a commercial deal that could hit Western strategic security interests, the French government is on a fast track to sell Russia one or more helicopter carriers that will provide the amphibious capability it now lacks in the Black Sea, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Such a capability could allow the Kremlin to move troops and tanks into neighboring Georgia more quickly, for example allowing Russian Spetznaz, or Special Forces, to invade in a matter of hours rather than the days it took in its August 2008 invasion.
[....] Alternatively, each carrier reportedly can carry 40 Leclerc tanks or a variety of other troop vehicles. Such a capability would be ideal for rapid deployment of Special Forces in the Black Sea area of operations.
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