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Qabda al-Nasser Air Defense Missile Battery
The Qabda al-Nasser (English: Fist of Nasser//Fist of Victory) is a division-level battery often operating as the core of a battery Air Defense Engagement Group at the division-level in MIBA militaries. The Engagement Group consists of two Qabda batteries and their supporting logistics assets. Some Qabda al-Nasser units also sport the Damea short range radar, though these vehicles appear less regularly due to short range radars on both the battery's TELARs and SPAAGs.
The battery's name, though officially translated as "Fist of Victory," is also a not-so-subtle homage to the first Egyptian President, Gamal Abd al-Nasser. The battery meets the tactical and operational-level air defense at the division-level, while longer-range assets serve as strategic-level air defense systems and vehicle-mounted SHORADs and MANPADs are distributed down to the battalion and company levels.
The Qabda itself has been involved in several international incidents surrounding the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Saudi efforts to undermine the Syrian state in Deir ez-Zor province. In July 2023, a Qabda battery down two aging Ethiopian MiG fighters, bringing MIBA to the brink of war with their long-time Ethiopian adversaries. In 2029, at the behest of their Salafi clients, Saudi jet aircraft bombed several Kurdish refugee camps near al-Hol, Kurdistan, causing forward-deployed Qabda batteries in southern Iraq to successfully down Saudi F-16 fighters returning to their home bases in northern Saudi Arabia.
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Thanks to Evan for edits and photo set up.
Qabda al-Nasser Air Defense Missile Battery
The Qabda al-Nasser (English: Fist of Nasser//Fist of Victory) is a division-level battery often operating as the core of a battery Air Defense Engagement Group at the division-level in MIBA militaries. The Engagement Group consists of two Qabda batteries and their supporting logistics assets. Some Qabda al-Nasser units also sport the Damea short range radar, though these vehicles appear less regularly due to short range radars on both the battery's TELARs and SPAAGs.
The battery's name, though officially translated as "Fist of Victory," is also a not-so-subtle homage to the first Egyptian President, Gamal Abd al-Nasser. The battery meets the tactical and operational-level air defense at the division-level, while longer-range assets serve as strategic-level air defense systems and vehicle-mounted SHORADs and MANPADs are distributed down to the battalion and company levels.
The Qabda itself has been involved in several international incidents surrounding the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Saudi efforts to undermine the Syrian state in Deir ez-Zor province. In July 2023, a Qabda battery down two aging Ethiopian MiG fighters, bringing MIBA to the brink of war with their long-time Ethiopian adversaries. In 2029, at the behest of their Salafi clients, Saudi jet aircraft bombed several Kurdish refugee camps near al-Hol, Kurdistan, causing forward-deployed Qabda batteries in southern Iraq to successfully down Saudi F-16 fighters returning to their home bases in northern Saudi Arabia.
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Thanks to Evan for edits and photo set up.