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Friday, June 30, 2006

Russian Yard To Build Two Submarines for Algeria

A shipyard in Russia’s northwestern city of Saint Petersburg is to build two Kilo class submarines for the Algerian navy, a source at the yard said on June 29.

According to the contract signed by Russian company Rosvoyoruzheniye and the Algerian defense ministry the Admiralty shipyard will start construction of the first submarine this year and that of the second in 2007, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The Kilos are small electric and diesel powered submarines.

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