Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate
STORY: Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 31, 2023
DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Egypt's Alexandria
2. various of a frigate arriving in Alexandria
STORYLINE:
The Egyptian naval forces received on Sunday a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in the coastal province of Alexandria, the Egyptian military said in a statement.
Built by Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), the frigate delivery procedures were already completed in Bremerhaven, Germany, in mid-December before the warship headed to Egypt.
Named "Al-Qadeer," the new frigate is the third MEKO-A200 warship to be delivered to Egypt out of four frigates contracted between Egypt and TKMS in 2018. The Egyptian Navy received the first frigate, "Al-Aziz," in October 2022 and the second, "Al-Qahhar," in May 2023.
The Egyptian military spokesman, Gharib Abdel-Hafez, said in the statement that the "Al-Qadeer" frigate will incre
- Product Code
- ILEA002136586
- Registered date
- 2024/1/01 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
- Media size
- 1920 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
- 92.08(MB)*
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