Armed Forces Structure: NAVY
Armed Forces Structure: NAVY
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OVERVIEW
The Kuwaiti navy is responsible for patrolling the country's 310-mile (499-km) coastline and littoral areas to ensure protection of the sea lanes of communication and offshore economic assets. The Ministry of the Interior administers the navy.
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PERSONNEL STRENGTH
Approximately 2,000 personnel serve in the navy. There are also about 500 uniformed coast guard personnel and about 600 civilian employees.
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Equipment
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(For information on aircraft listed below, search our Weapons Database. Equipment is of French origin unless otherwise noted.)
APR06 APR07 JUL08 OCT09 SHIPS
Guided Missile Patrol Craft
8 8 8 8 UM AL MARADIM class (Combattante-II type)
1 1 1 1 AL SANBOUK class (German Lurssen TNC
design)
1 1 1 1 ISTIQLAL missile craft (German Lurssen FPB 57
design)
Service Craft
2 2 2 HADIYA-class logistics support
1 1 1 FAREED logistics support lighter
1 1 AL-DORRAR class (Sawahil 35-class)
Auxiliary
0 0 PEGASUS-class special operations craft
(+12 on order)
# 2 2 2 AL SAFFAR class
MISSILES
Anti-Ship
8 # # # MM40 Exocet
# # # AM39 Exocet
4 4 4 4 Sea Skua (U.K.)
Surface-to-Air
# # # # Mistral
Radar
# # # Seaspray
# # # Decca 1226C
# # # Sea Giraffe 50HC
# # # Saab 9LV 228
Editor's note: In addition to the patrol boats listed in the section above, Kuwait operates about a dozen former Iraqi or onetime private small craft for patrol and utility duties.
Coast Guard
Kuwait's coast guard operates a number of small patrol craft and auxiliaries, including:
APR06 APR07 JUL08 OCT09 SHIPS
Patrol Craft
4 4 4 4 INTTISAR-class OPV
(Australian ASI OPV 310 class)
6 6 3 10 AL SHAHEED-class patrol (France)
# 23 23 N/A 28-ft Al-Shaali Marine design (U.A.E.)
# 10 10 N/A 33-ft Al-Shaali Marine design (U.A.E.)
16 16 Type 46 fast patrol boat
# # # # Cougar Type
# # # # Sea Gull class (South Korea SY 24-m design)
# # # # MAYMOON class (U.K. Thornycroft 27-m design)
9 10 10 SUBAHI-class patrol boat
# 6 6 6 Cougar Enforcer 40 class
3 3 3 3 22-m patrol boat (Australia)
(Image Marine design)
4 4 4 FB Design (Italy)
3 3 3 UFPB 1300 class
4 4 4 UFPB 1200 class
3 3 3 UFPB 1100 Predator class
3 3 3 UFPB 1000 class
3 3 3 Cat 900-class catamarans
1 1 1 PVF 512 Sea Truck
2 1 1 Loadmaster Mk II logistics support landing
craft
Amphibious
3 2 2 2 AL TAHADDY-class landing/supply craft
(Singapore SSE design)
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Deployment
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Naval bases:
Ras al Qalaya
Coast guard bases:
Shuwaikh (Kuwait City)
Umm Al-Hainan
Al Bida
Verba
Al-Qulaya (Ras al-Qalaya)
Al-Harian
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Plans and Programs
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Kuwait has 12 MKV-C fast interceptor boats on order from the U.S. The December 2005 order is worth an estimated $175 million. The vessels will be armed with the RWM GMBH MLG 27-mm Mauser lightweight gun system for use against terrorists and pirates. Those guns were ordered in March 2007. The MLG-27 light naval guns have an automated small-caliber gun with a mounted electro-optical sensor package.
In May 2009, the Pentagon announced that the United States Marine company from Gulfport, Miss., won a contract to build patrol boats for the Kuwaiti navy under the Foreign Military Sales program. The US$62 million contract, let by Naval Sea Systems Command, covers detail design and construction of 10 Mark V patrol boats. The vessels are intended for coastal patrol, interdiction and maritime special operations. Work under the contract is scheduled to be concluded in June 2013.
LATEST UPDATE: 1 October 2009
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