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It also contains equipment used by the Territorial Air Defence Forces, which is a separate service branch of the Algerian People's National Army tasked with the protection of the country's airspace. Most of the equipment of the land forces of Algeria is provided by Russia and China.
Its equipment includes the S300 missile, batteries of Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system, which is the most important weapon owned by the Territorial Air Defence Force. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile systems , the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko , as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons ...
Despite its growth, at the time of the Six-Day War the Algerian Air Force was not deemed combat ready. Still, 20 MiG-17Fs, 20 MiG-21s and 12 Il-28s were sent to Egypt, but without any crews. [11] In 1967, the Algerian Air Force also bought its first surface-to-air missile systems, with two battalions of S-75 Dvinas. However, these were never ...
Territorial Air Defence Forces (Defense aerienne du territoire) (8,000 in 2012) (3 brigades, 3 regiments with SA-2/3/6/20, 725 AA guns) 8 system S-300 (missile), 4 system S-400 (missile), 24 batteries tor M2, 108 Pantsir-S1/SM and 48 Buk M2. 40 SA-6 were reported in service in 2012.
Algeria's military industry is a small and slowly emerging military industry.. According to its reputation of having one of the most well-trained militaries in the MENA region, the Algerian army grants importance to the development of its military industry, while giving priority to upgrades and remaining a historically important client for equipment coming from Russia, China, France, South ...
DRDO VSHORAD: Man portable air defence missile (under testing) XRSAM: Long-range surface to air missile [2] (under development) Prithvi Air Defence (Pradyumna ballistic missile interceptor): exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile. Advanced Air Defence (Ashwin Ballistic Missile Interceptor): endo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile
The missile's operating altitude is 15~6,000 m and a range of 700 m to 15 km, it offers combined guidance by command and electro-optical tracking. The ship also carries C-802A anti-ship missiles in two quad launchers, which can target ships within the range of 280 km, and two triple 324 mm torpedo launchers.
Umkhonto has been designed to counter a wide variety of airborne threats, such as multiple combat aircraft (fixed-wing or rotary), anti-ship missiles, anti-radiation missiles, UAVs, and supersonic cruise missiles. When coupled with a modern air-defence system and multi-function surveillance track and guidance radars, the Umkhonto missile system ...