Almaz to upgrade Algeria`s Project 1234EM Nanuchka II-class Missile Corvette beyond 2015

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Naval Forces News - Algeria
 
 
 
Almaz to upgrade Algeria`s Project 1234EM Nanuchka II-class Missile Corvette beyond 2015
 
Russia`s Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Russian acronym: OSK) is planning to upgrade Algeria`s Project 1234EM (NATO reporting name: Nanuchka-class) corvette beyond 2015, according to the company`s 2015 annual report.
     
Russia`s Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Russian acronym: OSK) is planning to upgrade Algeria`s Project 1234EM (NATO reporting name: Nanuchka-class) corvette beyond 2015, according to the company`s 2015 annual report.
Algerian Navy Project 1234EM (NANUCHKA II class) missile corvette Salah Rais
Source: Eugenio´s Warships
     
"The works on correction and support for modernization of Algeria`s Project 1234EM corvette will be finished beyond 2015", the report said.

According to the Military Balance 2016 report issued by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Algeria`s Navy operates three Project 1234EM corvettes.

The armament suite of Project 1234EM corvette includes one 57 mm AK-725 naval gun, one AK-630M close-in weapon system (CIWS), 12 ready-to-launch Uran-E (AS-20 Kayak) anti-ship missiles (ASM) and one Osa-M (SA-N-4 Gecko) naval surface-to-air missile (SAM) system with 20 SAMs.

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