Marines: August 6, 2002

Archives

Yemen has received its new tank landing ship, the Bilqis, from Poland. This 1,383-ton ship is designed to carry five T-72 tanks and 111 Marines; it is a near-copy of the Polnochny class. It has chaff dispensers, infrared countermeasures, and two twin 23mm gun turrets.--Stephen V Cole

X

ad

Help keep us a float!

Your support helps us keep our ship a float. We appreciate anyway you chose to help out. Visit us daily, subscribe, donate, and tell your friends.

You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  2. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
  3. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on X.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close