According to a report from the ITAR-TASS news agency this week, Admiralty Shipyards Director-General Alexandre Bouzakov said that “The date of the start of construction of two [Project 636] submarines to… [Algeria] has been fixed, the contract is underway.” Interfax went on to say that the new submarines will be delivered by 2018 with a contract valued at more than $1.2 billion. […]
Staring with Algeria, satellite imagery acquired by Digital Globe on 11 October 2013 shows another Kilo submarine relocating to the nearby floating dry dock to begin routine maintenance. The submarine relocated from its regular deployment position shown in past imagery here. Algeria’s Kilo are deployed to Mers-El-Kevir, Algeria’s second military region naval base subordinate to HQ in Algiers. […]
Satellite imagery acquired by Digital Globe on 14 August 2013 shows the return of Algeria’s Kilo submarine from the nearby floating dry dock, confirming the completion of routine maintenance noted in imagery from 31 January 2013. The submarine relocated to its regular deployment position shown above. Algeria’s Kilo are deployed to Mers-El-Kevir, Algeria’s second military region naval […]
Years of civil war have severely affected Algeria’s Navy leaving it underfunded. The last naval modernization program was in the 1980s, which means many of its ships are ageing. In recent years, one of the cheaper buys to upgrade naval capability has been submarines. In 2010, Russia delivered two additional Kilo Type 636 submarines to the Algerian Navy, […]
