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Joint Egyptian-French Military Exercise "Ramsis 2016" Kicked Off with Aircraft Carrier and FREMM.
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Military Exercise "Ramsis 2016" involves the French Navy CSG and its Rafale Ms, Egyptian Air Force Rafale Bs and Egyptian Navy FREMM |
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The
FREMM frigate Tahya Misr, delivered
by DCNS to Egypt on June 23rd. It is now the flagship of the Egyptian
Navy. Moreover, a year ago, DCNS won a contract to supply the Egyptian
Navy with four Gowind corvettes. Slated in 2017, the delivery of the first
corvette, which is developed and realized at the DCNS Shipyard in Lorient,
will occur less than four years after the signature of the contract. The
Egyptian Navy will also take delivery of two Mistral class LHDs in September
(originally intended for the Russian Navy). The Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group (CSG) is on its way back from the Arabian/Persian Gulf where it led the naval forces in the coalition against Daech (the Task Force 50) for over two months. |
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