Don't get me wrong, Mistrals are good ships. It is just that they do not follow Russian pattern of building over armed and over redundant battle-stars.
The problem with the AIP SSKs, is that they are catching up unit price wise to the grown up subs, atleast in Russia. After all, the Severodvinsk class unit cost is around 830m USD.
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Grumpy as always.
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