It was inaugurated by Sisi in the Egyptian Jarjoub region

Mohamed bin Zayed attends the opening of the 3rd of July Military Naval Base

  • Mohamed bin Zayed and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during the opening of the 3rd of July Military Naval Base.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, witnessed the opening of the "3 July Naval Base" in the Jarjoub region overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, which was inaugurated by the President of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated his brother Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and the government and people of Egypt on the occasion of the inauguration of the base and the continuation of the vital qualitative achievements and projects achieved by their country in its march towards progress, construction and development, wishing brotherly Egypt further development and prosperity under the leadership of President Sisi.

His Highness also conveyed the greetings of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, and His Highness' best wishes to the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt for continued progress, progress and prosperity.

The Egyptian President, accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a number of Egypt's guests, inspected the naval units at the new base.

They also inspected the multi-mission frigate "Al Galala", which has a surface area of ​​500 meters and has combat capabilities in the air and surface areas, and the ability to engage with surface, coastal and air targets using smart munitions with a range of up to 86 kilometers during the implementation of the mission to support the combat operations of the ground forces operating in the coast .

The 3 July Naval Base includes 74 military facilities, in addition to an airstrip with a hall to receive VIP visitors, a number of training fields and an operations center equipped with the latest systems and another for joint training, as well as a military berth with a length of 1,000 meters and a depth of 14 meters, and a number of berths The commercial area is 2,200 meters long, 17 meters deep, a port control tower 29 meters high, and two wave breaks 3,650 meters long.

At the conclusion of the inauguration ceremony of the base, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Egyptian President witnessed the “Qadir 2021” strategic maneuvers, which were launched with the progress of an air formation with the power of raising multi-mission aircraft “F-16” to carry out aerial reconnaissance work for the command and control ports and the operations area, where It seemed to them the discovery of a suspected "non-compliant" ship, which provides support to terrorist groups, and orders were issued to storm the ship by special forces to carry out a "vertical and horizontal" storming of the existing ship.

It also provided a formation of combat launchers loaded with elements of the special forces;

To carry out the mission of attacking with fire on an enemy naval unit with various weapons, an air formation loaded with elements of the naval forces appeared to carry out the vertical storming of the suspected ship.

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