Egipto
Pese a la visión que se está presentando de "embargo" Estadounidense a los golpistas Egipcios estos últimos siguen recibiendo sistemas de armas de esa procedencia. En este caso, entregándoles la patrullera lanzamisiles clase Ambassador MK III 'S. Ezzat' para la Armada Egipcia...
Egypt Receives 1st US-Built Missile Craft
WASHINGTON — While most military sales to Egypt remain on hold, the US is going ahead with the transfer of four new fast missile craft (FMCs) built in Mississippi.
The S. Ezzat, first of the Ambassador III class, was transferred Tuesday to the Egyptian Navy at a ceremony in Pensacola, Fla., where the US maintains an international student program.
“The ship’s Egyptian officers have been training since July under US Navy instruction at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, where the transfer took place,” said Cmdr. Bill Speaks, a spokesman at the Pentagon. The rest of the ship’s 38-man crew will begin training in July at the same facility, he added.
“The US Navy has a lot of expertise to offer in making sure they’re able to use these platforms effectively,” Speaks said.
The second ship, F. Zekry, is nearly complete, with delivery planned for December.
Two more FMCs, the M. Fahmy and A. Gad, remain under construction at VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula shipyard, and are expected to be delivered in 2014.
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