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Sunday, June 26, 2016
Russia Hands Egypt Keys to Brand-New Corvette Warship

[The boats' relatively small size enables them to blend in with coastal
merchant and fishing traffic, making them difficult to locate and target.
With a skilled operator, Russian-built patrol craft armed with Sunburn
antiship missiles would be a significant threat to any seagoing adversary
Egypt Daily News 20 August 2015
http://www.egyptdailynews.com/news%20edn%2015August%20Egypt%20new%20Russian%20missile%20boat.htm
]

Russia Hands Egypt Keys to Brand-New Corvette Warship
Russian Navy spokesman Viktor Kochemazov has confirmed that Russia delivered
a R-32 missile corvette to the Egyptian Navy.
17:36 25.06.2016(updated 17:38 25.06.2016)
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160625/1041953909/russia-egypt-corvette.html

The Russian Project 1241 class R-32 missile corvette has been handed to
Egypt, RIA Novosti quoted Russian Navy spokesman Viktor Kochemazov as
confirming on Saturday.

The warship will help Cairo counter terrorism not only on land but also at
sea, Kochemazov said, without elaborating on when the vessel was delivered
to Egyptian Navy.

In August 2015, it was reported that the Egyptian Defense Ministry said that
they received the R-32, equipped with the Moskit missile system.The Ministry
said at the time that a group of Egyptian sailors and engineers will be sent
to Russia, where they will be trained ahead of being stationed aboard the
R-32.

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