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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

South African Navy ready to defend World Cup

SAS AmatolaThe South African Navy says it is ready to protect coastal FIFA soccer World Cup sites and will deploy a Valour-class frigate to help provide air defence for the Greenpoint stadium in Cape Town, the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban and the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The defence force is to spend R235 million protecting the soccer spectacular, in addition to the R600 million the police have budgeted.

The frigates will use their Thales Navale MRR 3D E/F-band search radars to assist the South African Air Force build up a comprehensive air picture over each stadium and its environs.

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