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Saturday, September 01, 2012

Egypt purchases new submarines from Germany

Type 209/1200 |Egypt's Naval Commander Osama Ahmed el-Gendy, said on Friday that Egypt has signed an agreement with Germany in which the former will acquire two German-built Type-209 attack submarines.

He stressed that the deal had already been signed even though he says "the submarines currently used by the Egyptian navy are capable of carrying out their tasks and respond to anything in the Mediterranean or Red Sea.

The Egyptian military is always looking to the future at to the latest innovations."

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