Russia to supply Egypt with 28 anti-missile systems

Russia will supply Egypt with President-S Defence Systems to protect flights from anti-aircraft missile systems and air-launched missiles.

Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) CEO Nikolai Kolesov told reporters Yesterday: “We expect to deliver 28 systems this year in line with the 2015 contract, but now we are preparing an agreement for 30 additional units, as the need of Egyptians in these systems is very high. I hope that this agreement will be signed in April-May this year.”

Russia has already supplied Algeria, India and Belarus with the same systems.

The President-S system is capable of revealing the threat of an attack from the enemy’s fighter jets, anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems. It can destroy and suppress the optical homing warheads of air and anti-aircraft missiles, including the homing warheads of man-portable air defence missile systems.