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No. They got 16 SU30 MKA's instead.
That was the deal . Instead MIG, used old cells and used or refurbished parts to build these SMT's. Algerian engineers discovered it during routine maintenance. That was the end of the love affair of MIG complex and the AAF. In fact the death of MIG industries is partially due to Algeria.
Do you know how many years the mig-29 which Algeria bought from Ukraine and Belarus have been used? I guess they are in their late lifeNo. They got 16 SU30 MKA's instead.
That was the deal . Instead MIG, used old cells and used or refurbished parts to build these SMT's. Algerian engineers discovered it during routine maintenance. That was the end of the love affair of MIG complex and the AAF. In fact the death of MIG industries is partially due to Algeria.
Do you know how many years the mig-29 which Algeria bought from Ukraine and Belarus have been used? I guess they are in their late lifeNo. They got 16 SU30 MKA's instead.
That was the deal . Instead MIG, used old cells and used or refurbished parts to build these SMT's. Algerian engineers discovered it during routine maintenance. That was the end of the love affair of MIG complex and the AAF. In fact the death of MIG industries is partially due to Algeria.
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Sukhoi says that the Su-30SM features super-maneuverability and represents further evolution of the Su-30MK line. It differs from the earlier version in having radiolocation, radio communications and IFF systems, as well as ejection seats and a number of onboard devices “adapted to the requirements of the Russian air force.”
The Su-30SM has some unspecified advanced weaponry, according to Irkut. The company earlier said that the aircraft is able to deploy the supersonic anti-ship and land-strike Onix missiles, a completely Russian version of the Indo-Russian PJ-10 BrahMos. The air-launched version of this missile is sometimes called the Alfa.
With all the unstability of the neighboring countries and the spread of highly lethal weapons close to its borders from the Ex Libyan armories, Algeria has seen for the first time its troops deployed deep in its southern borders with the right to pursuit.@Ceylal if you get all of the above weapons which you mentioned specially the missile systems and Frigates and Submarines and last but not least the SU-30 and SU-32 that would be awesome
This was a huge, carefully planned operation. There was no hope of getting everybody alive, SAS or no SAS. In my opinion the decision to strafe the convoy of Landcruisers was the right one. There was little hope of recovering any hostages and no other way of stopping them.
My preliminary view is that the Algerian Special Forces showed impressive fire discipline, were well-led and were careful to discriminate between terrorists and hostages. Our people were treated well once the firefight was over and we should be thanking the Algerians.
We also need to be asking tough questions of BP and its partners. We know BP has been penetrated by the DVD (the old Anglo-Iranian Oil Company pretty much reported to the Abwehr, keeping quiet about oil reserves in the Middle East for fear that we wouldn’t have to expose tankers to German U-Boats in the Atlantic). From where did the terrorists get their plan of the complex? And what were plant security doing? That convoy of ‘mechanicals’ must have raised a fair old dust cloud. There may not have been time to get the T-90’s down from In Amenas but there was surely time to lock the plant down. It would be interesting to know what Sterling and the other security boys were allowed by way of kit. I’ll bet it wasn’t a Bushmaster 35 mil, which would have come in handy.
GCHQ may have some questions to answer too. That part of the world is great for SATINT – wide open spaces, lots of dust from moving vehicles, and more birds than there used to be, given the situation in Mali. How was that convoy missed? What did they think a bunch of pick-ups with machine-guns and Landcruisers were doing in southern Algeria? Admiring the view? Wandering about on safari, hoping to pot the odd rhino? Doing a wildlife documentary for BBC2?
The Algerians were right to keep London in the dark. They know about the DVD, whose ops in Algeria go back to the civil war, when the Jerries were trying to pull the rug from under the Fourth Republic. They also know that London is penetrated. The Algerian Prime Minister is somewhat better informed than David Cameron, almost inevitably with Sir Jeremy Heywood as the Cabinet Secretary. Sir Jeremy of course plays the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in Whitehall, and does it with aplomb (the role of the Cabinet Secretary, apart from running the country, is to keep the Prime Minister in the dark).
Algiers knew full well that if they told London Dachau would have it in half an hour and AQIM in an hour. The same applies to Washington. They must have found it trying, having this irritating little man in London demanding sensitive intelligence which they knew well he wouldn’t be able to keep quiet. Cameron has been humiliated by this episode, yet another reason to thank the Algerians. Well done boys!
Algerians abhor the cult of personality. Emir Abdelkader was a Sufi and conducted himself like any other Algerian in those time. He was a charismatic orator ahead of his time, a pragmatic leader and a fervent human right advocate long before the west knew its meaning.now since I noticed Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyiddin or Abdelkader el Djezairi as he is also known as. Great Muslim and Algerian hero. Apparently he was an fellow Hashemite too on his fathers side which made him a Sharif.
Family Tree
Emir Abdelkader son of Muhieddine son of Mustafa son of Mohammed son of Mokhtar son of Abdelkader son of Ahmed Al-Mokhtar son of Ali son of Ahmed son of Abelqawi son of Abdelkader son of Ahmed son of Mohammed son of Abdelqawi son of Messaoud son of Taawus son of Yaqub son of Khaled son of Yousef son ofAhmed son of Bashar son of Mohammed son of Al-Akbar son of Abdullah son of Hassan Abelqawi son of Ahmed son of Mohammed Ben Idris Al-Asghar son of Idris son of Hassan Al-Muthana son of Hassan son of Fatmia daughter of of Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him).
Early life
Emir Abdelkader was born in the town of Mascara near Oran (western Algeria) on Tuesday 6thSeptember 1808, his family originally from Amazigh (Berber) tribe of Beni Ifren which they were part of the Zenata tribe, also his family are descendants from Idrisid dynasty which they are descendants of the Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him).