The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; ,) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria. It is one of the four service branches of the Algerian Armed Forces, along with the army, navy, and air force. It is tasked with the Algerian airspace protection mission. Its current commander is Major-General Amer Amrani.
The higher military school of the Air Defence Forces (école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire) is located at Reghaïa in Algeria's 1st Military Region. It provides engineering training.
Created in 1988, after being separated from the Ground Forces Command, it is currently under the command of the commander of air defense of the military region forces. Its equipment includes batteries of S-300s and Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system. Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile systems, the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko, as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons and man portable 9K32 Strela-2s. In addition, the force possesses many types of radar.
Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.
Equipment Gear Image Origin in service Type Comments S-400 2 regiments Strategic air defense SAM Speculated to be delivered in 2021. Officially ordered in 2024 and operational by late May 2026. S-300 8 regimentsThe Military Balance, 2022, p.334 Medium-to-long-range SAM 8 regiments of S-300PMU-2 Favorit were ordered in 2006.In 2006 it was thought that the capabilities of the command would be boosted by the delivery from Russia of eight S-300PMU2 Favorit air defence missile systems, ordered as part of the package of arms deals with Russia announced in 2006 as part of a USD7.5 billion arms package.In fact the first battalion of S-300 series SAMs ordered by Algeria was delivered in 2008 however the rest of the deal had been frozen. One S-300 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles. Buk-M2 48 systemsMedium-range SAM 2K12 Unknown Medium-range SAM Pantsir-S1/SM 108The Military Balance, 2022, p.333 Air defense short and medium-termTor M248 systemsShort-range SAM 9K31 Strela-1 20 systemsShort-range SAM S-125 Nevahttp://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/sa-3_goa_s-125_neva_pechora_ground_to_air_missile_system_technical_data_sheet_specifications_uk.html |title=SA-3 Goa S-125 Neva Pechora ground to air missile system technical data sheet specifications |work=Army Recognition.com |access-date=11 August 2015}} 36 S-125 Short-range SAM
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