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The Territorial Air Defence Force (french: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire , ar, قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم) abbreviated as DAT) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria. It is one of the four service branches of the Algerian Armed Forces, along with the army, navy, and air force. It is tasked with the Algerian airspace protection mission. Its current commander is Major-General Amer Amrani.
The higher military school of the Air Defence Forces (''école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire'') is located at
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Reghaïa
Reghaïa is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located in Rouïba district and is the most populated municipality of the district.
Geography
It is located in the northern part of the plain of Mitidja, with sandy beaches along th ...
in Algeria's 1st Military Region. It provides engineering training.
Created in 1988, after being separated from the Ground Forces Command, it is currently under the command of the commander of air defense of the military region forces. Its equipment includes the S300 missile, batteries of Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system, which is the most important weapon owned by the Territorial Air Defence Force. Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile system
The Buk (russian: link=no, "Бук"; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise mis ...
s, the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko
The 9K33 ''Osa'' (, literally "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 ''Gecko'') is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version na ...
, as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons and man portable 9K32 Strela-2s. In addition, the force possesses many types of radar.
Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.
Equipment
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, 32 TELs, 4 regiments
, Strategic air defense
, 8 regiments of S-300PMU-2 Favorit were ordered in 2006. One S-300 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles.
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, Buk-M2
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, 48 systems
, Medium-range SAM
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, 2K12
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, ''Unknown''
, Medium-range SAM
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, Pantsir-S1/SM
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, 38The Military Balance, 2022, p.333
, Air defense short and medium-term
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, 9K31 Strela-1
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, 20 systems
, Short-range SAM
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, S-125 Neva
The S-125 ''Neva/Pechora'' (russian: С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 ''Goa'') is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 Berkut, S-25 and S-75 Dvina, S-75. It has ...
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The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG).
Etymology
The acronym "ZSU" stands for ''Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka'' (russian: Зенитная Самоходная Ус ...
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References
External links
* * {{Algerian security forces Military of Algeria Air defence forces 1988 establishments in Algeria