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Algeria Signs EUR 2.5 Bln Contract with German Shipyard TKMS
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Having spent EUR 450 mln for Italian-made amphibious ship and modernized two ships in Spain, Algerian Navy is on the threshold of a contract with German shipyard TKMS which is affiliate of ThyssenKrupp concern.
Algeria is going to spend EUR 2.5 bln for two Meko-class frigates and six Super Lynx helicopters. The ships will be armed with pretty powerful weapons: Swedish anti-ship missiles RBS 15 MkIII, South African air defense system Umkhonto and air-to-ground missiles Mokopa, gun mounts Oto Melara and Rheinmetall, and German-made torpedoes.
However, such contract with the unstable country fighting against terror may bring problems to Berlin. After a decision to export 200 tanks Leopard 2A7 to Saudi Arabia and a diesel submarine to Israel, the contract with Algeria may provoke internal debates in Germany regarding military exports to "unethical" countries.
Overall sum of the contract may detonate controversies. According to a source in TKMS, price on Meko frigates for Algerians is twice as high as market value. That information was confirmed by representative of Algerian shipbuilding company ECRN in Mers-el-Kebir.
This deal is very important for TKMS; latest contract for its surface ships was tied with South Africa in 1999.
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