Military Watch Magazine

Africa’s Most Powerful Attack Submarine Force: New Footage Shows Algerian Kilo Class Ships in Action

Algerian state media has published rare footage of Navy personnel equipping one of the country’s Kilo class attack submarines being equipped and operating in the Mediterranean Sea, and firing a cruise missile. The ships have long provided the most robust underseas warfare capability in Africa or the Arab World, and in many respects form the backbone of the country’s maritime combat capability due to the relatively limited capabilities of the Algerian surface fleet. Algeria acquired its first two Kilo class submarines in the late 1980s, and subsequently purchased two heavy enhanced Improved Kilo class ships which were delivered in 2010, followed by another pair delivered in 2018.