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Naval Defense Industry News - Egypt |
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Egypt
officially inducted Russian-built Project 1241 missile corvette |
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Egyptian Navy has commissioned the Russian-originated R-32 Project 12421
(NATO reporting name: Tarantul-class) missile boat, the local newspaper
Al-Ahram announced on August 4, 2016.
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The Egyptian Navy's
new missile corvette has been commissioned on August 4
(Credit: Egyptian Armed Forces) |
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The
flag-raising ceremony took place at the Ras el-Tin naval base near Alexandria.
The R-32 missile boat armed with the P-120 Moskit (SS-N-22 Sunburn)
anti-ship missiles (ASM) was granted to the Egyptian Navy by Russia
in order to support the country`s counter-terroristic efforts. The ship
will increase the inshore capability of the service.
Moscow and Cairo came to conclusion over the delivery of the R-32 missile
boat to the Egyptian Navy in Summer 2015. Russia also trained the group
of the Egyptian naval officers to operate the ship. The boat`s crew
has already taken up the duties in the Mediterranean sea.
The R-32 missile boat is armed with four P-120 Moskit ASM launchers
and four Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin) man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS)
with 16 surface-to-air missiles. |
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