German TKMS sign a contract with Algeria at 2.5 billion euros
23.03.2012
According to information received from the Algerian A.2 sources, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of independence in the procurement of arms Algeria turns its face not to Paris or Moscow, and other European capitals.
After buying the Italians UDC worth 450 million euros upgrade of two amphibious ships in the Spanish Navy Algeria are on the verge of signing a mega-contract with the German shipyard TKMS, a subsidiary group ThyssenKrupp.
Algeria will spend 2.5 billion euros. for the purchase of two frigates type Meko and six helicopters Super Lynx. The ships will be very strong weapons: the Swedish RBS 15 anti-ship missiles MkIII, the South African Umkhonto SAM missiles, and "air-land» Mokopa, Oto Melara guns and torpedoes and Rheinmetall German production.
The total amount of the contract may also cause a storm of controversy - according to a source in the company TKMS, the price of Frigates Meko Algerians to twice their market value. The same information was confirmed by a representative of the Algerian shipyard ECRN in Mers-el-Kebir.
And for TKMS this contract is very important - the latest deal to sell its surface ships was concluded in 1999 with South Africa.