Saudi Arabi's military capabilities after the $110 billion deal with the US

[The SC]

Currently the only Qatari corvette/frigate over 3000 tons is the Maestrale class, of which Italy has 8. So it may off loading 4 to Qatar to make way for the FREMMs that Italy is planning to own.

Displacement: 3.040 t (2.992 long tons) full load
Length:

• - 122.7 m (403 ft) LOA
• - 114 m (374 ft) LPP

Beam: 12.9 m (42 ft)
Draught: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:

• - CODOG scheme
• - 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500gas turbines 18.380 kW (24.648 hp) each
• - 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM, 4.044 kW (5.423 hp) each
• - 4 × diesel engine generators Grandi Motori Trieste A-236-SS, 780 kW (1,050 hp) each with Ansaldo generators
• - 2 × 5-blade propellers

Speed: 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) (21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesel)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:

• 24 officers
• 201 sailors

Sensors and
processing systems:

• - 1 × Selenia RAN-10S/SPS-774 surface and air surveillance radar[1]
• - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-702 surface search radar[1]
• - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-703 navigation radar (then replaced by one GEM Elettronica MM-SPN 753 Arpa)[1]
• - 1 × Selenia SPG-75 fire control radar[1]
• - 2 × Selenia SPG-74 fire control radar (for Dardo)[1]
• - 1 × Raytheon DE 1146, VDS sonar[1]
• - 1 × Raytheon DE 1160B, hull mounted sonar[1]

Electronic warfare
& decoys:

• - (Elettronica Spa MM/SLQ-746[2]) 2 × SLQ-D jammers[1]
• - 1 × ARBG-1A Saigon radio interceptor[1]
• - 1 × SLR-4 Newton intercept[1]
• - 2 × 20-round OTO Melara/Breda SCLAR decoy RL (Dagaie on Grecale)[1]
• - 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo system[1]
• - Prairie/Masker air-bubbler noise-suppression system[1]

Armament:

• - 4 × TESEO Mk-2 anti-ship missiles, double launchers
• - 1 × Albatross octuple Aspide SAMlaunchers
• - 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun
• - 2 × Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDOCIWS
• - 2 × Browning HB2B 12.7 mm
• - 2 × MG 42/59 7.62 mm
• - 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead B-516, with Whitehead A-184 torpedoes: then removed)
• - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes (Whitehead ILAS-3) with Mk-46 Mod.2 torpedoes

Aircraft carried:

• - flight deck 27 m (89 ft) x 12 m (39 ft) m
• - 2 x AB-212 helicopters

Qatar is paying $5.5 billion for new ships.. these ones to be retired from the Italian navy are not worth $500 million for 4..

Please fix the title.

Too late.. only mods can do that now.. I saw it was Arabi instead of Arabia,, but couldn't change it anymore.. I think this option should be available fro more than 2 to 3 days..
I'll be glad if you can ask mods to do it..

 

[friendly_troll96]

Too late.. only mods can do that now.. I saw it was Arabi instead of Arabia,, but couldn't change it anymore.. I think this option should be available fro more than 2 to 3 days..
I'll be glad if you can ask mods to do it..

idk but i'm just finding the typo so annoying.
@waz @WebMaster

 

[The SC]

idk but i'm just finding the typo so annoying.
@waz @WebMaster

Me too.. I was typing fast and concentrating on the content of the thread.. thanks for notifying the mods..

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More notably, the Saudi Navy, traditionally the country’s “fourth service” behind the Air Force, Army, and the independent Saudi Arabian National Guard, has beaten out the country’s land forces. There is $6 billion for a more capable derivative of Lockheed Martin’s Freedom-class Litorral Combat Ship (LCS) know as the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC), another $2 billion for a previously approved deal for much smaller Mk IV patrol boats. 14 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters are also on order.

Most importantly, there is $18 billion for the Royal Saudi Navy’s extensive planned C4I command and control and intelligence sharing network. This project includes a host of upgrades to facilities, hardware, and software that support naval forces afloat and ashore, including the country’s small marine and naval special warfare contingents. The War Zone has already extensively reported on the Kingdom’s desperate need to update its relatively small and outdated naval arm.

The Army comes in last with less than $10 billion for upgrades to its fleet of 400 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 180 howitzers of unspecified type or caliber. 26 AN/TPQ-53(V) Radar Systems, along with training and support is also included. The mobile system built around a large AESA radar system provides directional or 360 degree surveillance for rockets, artillery and mortars. Aircraft and drones can also be detected and tracked. The system can cue counter-battery fire and short-range air defense systems.

Could the Saudis be purchasing their own Space-Bases Infrared System (SBIRS) like satellite to augment their anti-ballistic missile capabilities? Doing so would give The Kingdom earlier warning of ballistic missile launches that the AN/TPY-2 radar cannot provide. It could even possibly detect other events, like artillery fire. Then again, this investment could give access to data from U.S. early warning satellites that are already constantly scanning the region.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...the-saudis-are-getting-in-that-huge-arms-deal

 

[Ceylal]

The navy is on par with KSA which means Algerian Navy not that good either, it pains me to see so many Islamic countries weak...

I don't know where you read that...Algerian navy is better than any MENA navy...Turkey, Israël, Algeria not in a particular order are the only navies that have teeth and Egypt within few years...

 

[JKangoroo]

I don't know where you read that...Algerian navy is better than any MENA navy...Turkey, Israël, Algeria not in a particular order are the only navies that have teeth and Egypt within few years...

1st Israel doesn't even have frigates !! 2nd algerian navy is shit 3rd egypt is a joke [emoji23] !!!! If turkey continuous to modernize with home made ships !! Real ships not toys!!! With destroyers aircaft carriers frigates corvettes and submarines it has my respekt if its stay how it is it will stay shit just saying

And you cant compare such weak countries with gcc and turkey !!

 

[Ceylal]

1st Israel doesn't even have frigates !! 2nd algerian navy is shit 3rd egypt is a joke [emoji23] !!!! If turkey continuous to modernize with home made ships !! Real ships not toys!!! With destroyers aircaft carriers frigates corvettes and submarines it has my respekt if its stay how it is it will stay shit just saying

And you cant compare such weak countries with gcc and turkey !!

A landlocked country boy that talk about navies...Listen dipshit, this subject is over your head...Do you hear me talking to you..Oh, forgot your lost all your freaking ears to North African soldiers during WW2, they were using them as currency with the French, who were too chickened to fight you...

 

[mahatir]

1st Israel doesn't even have frigates !! 2nd algerian navy is shit 3rd egypt is a joke [emoji23] !!!! If turkey continuous to modernize with home made ships !! Real ships not toys!!! With destroyers aircaft carriers frigates corvettes and submarines it has my respekt if its stay how it is it will stay shit just saying

And you cant compare such weak countries with gcc and turkey !!

He is one of those Algerian clowns who think its a superpower .

 

[EpiiC]

He is one of those Algerian clowns who think its a superpower .

What do you think of the Israeli navy, we know they have air supremacy in the region but what about their navy?

 

[JKangoroo]

He is one of those Algerian clowns who think its a superpower .

Who ?

 

[Gomig-21]

2nd algerian navy is shit 3rd egypt is a joke

!!!!

I would hardly call the Algerian Navy crap, seems you're not very familiar with their inventory.

Here's the list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_National_Navy

And I'm only curious why you would ever think Egypt's navy is a joke. This is not a blind, nationalistic point of view since I always look at everything objectively and never get blinded by homerism, (and you'll find many Egyptians very critical of the EGY Armed Forces) but to call its Navy a joke seems like baseless and probably just inflammatory. So let's take a quick look.

That graph isn't even updated since there's going to be 4 type 209 subs, 4 Gowinds, 4 Corvettes, 36 Katran attack helos for the 2 Mistral LHD's and other ships in the pipeline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Egyptian_Navy

So I'm curious as to why you think so lowly of both, but especially the Egyptian Navy?

 

[Ceylal]

He is one of those Algerian clowns who think its a superpower .

Comparing to your ugly mama, I meant, Malaysia, we a super power... And in Africa, North Africa....Algeria has the only Army that bring hurt to your bedroom...Did you tell your sister to put some make up please, my dog is having nightmares after he saw some Malaysian Muslim women praying!