Spying Israeli submarine ejected by vigilant Algerian navy
The Algerian National Navy detected an Israeli regime’s Dolphin submarine last week on the edge of Algerian territorial waters, chased it and forced it to rise to the surface before leaving the area.
According to a Friday report by menadefense.net the incident occurred during the Algerian army's maritime drills in the western coasts which took place on 29 and 30 September.
The drill, which
saw the participation of many Algerian naval units, was intended to demonstrate
the capabilities of in-depth attack, or stealth destruction of targets at sea
at very long distances. Radaa 2021 took place in the presence of the Chief of Staff
General Said Chengriha, the commander of the naval forces and the head of the
second military region.
It was during the preparation
of the exercise, on September 27, that an incident occurred. An Israeli Dolphin
class submarine was spotted by passive detection, tracked and forced to surface
in international waters and leave the area. According to the report, the
Dolphin was detected by the acoustic systems of an Algerian Kilo submarine. “The
Dolphin was detected by the acoustic systems of an Algerian Kilo submarine. The
decision was quickly taken to pursue it aggressively without the use of sonar
in order to avoid counter detection,” the website said. “Being surrounded, the
crew of the Dolphin preferred to surface to indicate that they were abandoning
the mission and moved away from the Algerian coast.”
Pointing to the objectives of the Israeli
submarine’s presence, the report said they must have been “intelligence and
technical information gathering” since it was expected that at least one
Algerian submarine would fire one or more missiles.
“In this case, the Dolphin would have obtained
the precious acoustic signature indicating the opening of the missile racks and
would have recorded the sound of the firing preparation and firing routine;
valuable information that could help predict the actions taken by Algerian
crews in the event of a conflict,” the website said.
“The fact that the exercise is complex and
involves many warships, was also an opportunity to make electronic intelligence
and collect data on the transmissions of the Algerian Navy and their
encryption,” it added.
The report concluded by noting
that, the real question is whether this renewed Israeli interest in the
Algerian army is linked to tensions between Algeria and Morocco or whether
there are other motives behind it.
