7/04/2015

Saudi Arabia are interested in Navy corvette "Tiger", small submarines and coastal missile system "Bal-E"

Source : http://militarynews.ru


St. Peterurg. 4th of July. Interfax-AVN - A delegation of the Navy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the seventh International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2015) in St. Petersburg, familiarize yourself with the Russian class corvettes "Tiger," the small coastal submarines and missile system "Bal-E", as well developments Projects aircraft carriers, told reporters on Saturday in the Russian defense industry.
"At a meeting with representatives of the Russian military-industrial complex Command Navy Saudi Arabia has examined the combat capabilities of Project 20382 corvette" Tiger, "his arms and even take a virtual tour of the ship with the help of a special program, indicated on the display. The great interest aroused Saudi coastal antiship missile Complex "Bal-E" - a spokesman said.
According to him, the guests from Saudi Arabia and got acquainted with the projects of small Russian submarines coastal action with different variations of weapons, including as torpedoes and cruise missiles.
In addition, the source said, the guests "were asked about the possibility of building on the export of Russian ships to the deck aircraft."
MIC representative noted that the signing of the contracts it was not conducted. "Saudi military have expressed a desire to get acquainted with the possibilities of Russian ships and weapons, logistics estimate and compare the prices of similar weapons," - he added.
Earlier it was reported that representatives of the Naval Forces Command Saudi Arabia had a meeting with the Russian Navy Commander Admiral Viktor Chirkov in the first day of the IMDS-2015.
The structure of the Saudi delegation to the site of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum included the deputy commander of the Navy Admiral of Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Nasir. He visited the exhibition in the framework of military-technical forum "Army 2015", where they had also expressed a special interest in the Russian warships.

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