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CMN proceeding on Angolan BR71 Mk II Corvettes
French shipyard Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) has completed the hull of the first BR71 Mk II corvette for the Angolan Navy, with the other two vessels to be built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under a technology transfer agreement. Steel was cut for...
Angola receives first tank landing craft from CMN
The Angolan Navy has taken delivery of the first of two new tank landing craft built by France’s CMN, five months after launch in Cherbourg. CMN (Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie) launched the vessel RA 4 de Abril (ND15) at the end of February, after construction...
Angola to send forces to conflict-torn DR Congo
Luanda said the decision was taken after consultations with Kinshasa, adding other regional leaders as well as the United Nations had been informed. LUANDA - Angola said on Saturday it will send a military unit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ceasefire it...
Uzbekistan Su-27’s delivered to Angola
In the autumn of 1999, with technical support from Ukraine, at least two Uzbekistan Su-27s were delivered to Angola. Ukrainian specialists helped to develop (technical and flight personnel) new equipment already in a new place in Luanda. The total number of delivered...
Russia To Deliver 12 Ex-Indian Air Force Su-30K Fighter Aircraft To Angola By Early 2018
Russia will complete the contracted delivery of 12 modernized Su-30K fighter jets to Angola by early 2018. "So far, two [Su-30Ks have been delivered to Angola], there is a delivery schedule, and its fulfillment has been launched as for now. I think that the deliveries...
Angola Negotiating To Buy Russian Su-30K Fighters Returned By India
Russia and Angola are negotiating the purchase of six additional Su-30K fighters. Luanda will be able to increase its fleet and Moscow will be able to get rid of the aircraft returned by the India built in fulfilment of the contract signed in 1996-1998. These are the...
Angola To Receive Four Modernized Su-30MK Fighters From Russia This Year
Angola will receive four overhauled modernized Su-30K multi-role fighters later this year from Russia. “Up to four overhauled and upgraded jets of the type will be delivered to the customer this year. The contract will be implemented in late 2016 or early 2017,” Tass...
Operation Firewood
Operation Firewood was a 1987 cross-border military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against the armed wing of SWAPO, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), during the later phases of the South African Border War. he PLAN Northern...
Operation Coolidge
Operation Coolidge was a covert military operation conducted by the South African 4 Reconnaissance Regiment in August 1987, where a team of 4 Recce Commandos was inserted by helicopter into an area north of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola to target infrastructure,...
Operation Moduler
The southern element of the FAPLA offensive was launched from the area of Cuito Cuanavale on 14 August 1987. The brigades involved here were 25 Brigade, already deployed east of the Cuito River at Tumpo, and 16, 21, 47, 59, 66, 8, and 13 Brigades, which were deployed...
Operation Sea Warrior
Operation Sea Warrior was a South African Special Forces operation that took place from 20 June to 1 September 1985 to sabotage and reconnaissance mission carried out by 4 Reconnaissance Commando into central Angola during the Bush War, targeting the Benguela railway...