القوات البحرية الجزائرية(Arabic) Forces Navales Algériennes(French)
Algerian Naval badge
Active
1516–1827 1963–present
Country
Algeria
Branch
Navy
Role
Naval warfare
Size
6,000[1]
Part of
Algerian People's National Army
Garrison/HQ
L'AMIRAUTE, Algiers
Anniversaries
February 2, 1967
Equipment
213 vessels, 30 helicopters, 3 MPA Aircraft
Website
www.mdn.dz/site_cfn/accueil_an.php
Commanders
Current commander
Mahfoud Benmeddah
Notable commanders
Chabane Ghodbane (1992–2000)
Insignia
Naval Ensign
Military unit
The Algerian Naval Force (ANF; Arabic: القوات البحرية الجزائرية, French: Forces Navales Algériennes) is the naval branch of the Algerian military. The naval force operates from multiple bases along the country's nearly 1,440 km (890 mi) coastline, fulfilling its primary role of monitoring and defending Algeria's territorial waters against all foreign military or economic intrusion. Additional missions include coast guard and maritime safety missions as well a projection of marine forces (fusiliers marins). Algerian forces are an important player in the Western Mediterranean.
As with other Algerian military branches, the naval force was built and structured with assistance from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but has also relied on other sources for equipment in some areas. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has remained an important partner, but Algeria has increasingly sought additional sources for equipment as well as building its own shipbuilding capacity.
^International Institute for Strategic Studies (25 February 2021). The Military Balance 2021. London: Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 9781032012278.
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