Territorial Air Defence Forces

The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم,[1]French: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire[2]) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria.

[4] 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.

Its equipment includes the S300 missile, batteries of Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system, which is the most important weapon owned by the Territorial Air Defence Force.

[6][7] 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.

Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.