Egypt just spent $5bn on French ‘fighter’ jets with a hidden surprise

[Oublious]

Just wondering, do the MICAs and others work with the Mirages?

If they upgrade will work, but worth it?

 

[Mhmoud]

If they upgrade will work, but worth it?

Probably. 24 Israeli cruise missiles for 24 Rafales on the ground. Would be a lot more cost-effective to just make sure the mirages can also use them to prevent over-utilisation of these jets. Would also make more sense strategically.

 

[Frogman]

Probably. 24 Israeli cruise missiles for 24 Rafales on the ground. Would be a lot more cost-effective to just make sure the mirages can also use them to prevent over-utilisation of these jets. Would also make more sense strategically.

The Mirages only have a couple more years in them, they were slated for retirement by 2020. Only 16 of them as well in service as of two years ago.

 

[EpiiC]

Stop talking from your rear.

Which part you disagreed with and why?

World Avarage is 15'000$ Turkey has 26'000$.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

by 2018 GDP Nominal per capita World Avarageis $11,311 Turkey below that.

 

[Viking 63]

This is really stupid on part of Egypt, you paid 5 billion to get best option you need for your requirments.

 

[Pyara9]

Egypt just spent $5bn on French ‘fighter’ jets with a hidden surprise


“The worst kind of calamity is that which [is so bad], it makes you laugh” is a popular Arabic expression. Ever since Arab governments were usurped by military leaders, economic, social, legal and industrial ineptitude was all but expected. Maybe the only thing they were thought to display some signs of success in is the military, or at least, in knowing how to buy military equipment or simply understanding that the military equipment is supposed to inflict damage.

The latest of the Sisi’s regime’s spree of comic book, epic failures was exposed by French Newspaper ‘La Tribune’. The mortifying revelation claimed that the 24 Rafale Fighter Jets, purchased after three years of arduous legwork by the coup regime, as part of a whopping contract worth over $5.2bn straight from its floating economy have not been equipped to carry guided rockets.[1]

Nearer the start of the deal, American website ‘Defence News’ claimed that a source close to the deal said that the jets “will be modified to remove nuclear missile capability and NATO standard communications.”[2] The complete disability of what the Rafale boasts as standard after having already handed over huge sums of cash seemed out of the military coup regime’s radar. This is despite Qatar, India, Kuwait and the UAE opting out of buying the same jet.[3]

It became apparent that the first batch of 12 ‘fighter’ jets were better suited for Japanese Kamikazes and military displays, with the delivery of four timed for the opening of a new waterway on the Suez Canal.[4] Embarrassingly, the coup regime agreed to purchase a further dozen in 2016 “on condition that they carried cruise missiles or had the capability of carrying cruise missiles.”

In other words, the first batch of ‘fighter’ jets was, in fact, wholly useless as far as modern warfare is concerned. After a further two years of negotiations with the French, it became clear that it was actually the US authorities who were obstructing Egypt’s ‘conditions’ since the Rafale’s cruise missiles contain US components.[5] Sisi’s regime needs to do even more to prove its blind loyalty to the US and its regional interests.

Head of the Political Bureau of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council, Amr Adel, said that “the responsibility (of this failed transaction) is on the Egyptian regime with all its institutions,” adding that “what is being talked about in terms of identifying culpability and establishing truths first requires there to be a state; currently there is no state in Egypt.”

Adel, an expert and Doctor in Mechanical Engineering, added that:

“Military capabilities rely on the manufacturer, not on what is requested. If a nation’s military capabilities rely entirely on the outside world, what it gets will definitely be what that selling nation sees to be in line with its interests and political balances… (for instance, what the US) sells to the Zionists is far superior to what it sells to the so called Egyptian Army.”[6]

https://www.islam21c.com/news-views...n-french-fighter-jets-with-a-hidden-surprise/

Source: www.islam21c.com

Notes:

[1] https://www.alaraby.co.uk/politics/2018/2/17/ صحيفة-فرنسية-مقاتلات-رافال-بمصر-غير-مزودة-بصواريخ-موجهة

[2] https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2015/03/14/france-to-modify-rafales-for-egypt/

[3] https://arabi21.com/story/1072708/ حديث-عن-خداع-فرنسي-لمصر-بصفقة-الرافال-ما-علاقة-أمريكا

[4] https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2015/03/14/france-to-modify-rafales-for-egypt/

[5] https://www.alaraby.co.uk/politics/2018/2/17/ صحيفة-فرنسية-مقاتلات-رافال-بمصر-غير-مزودة-بصواريخ-موجهة

[6] https://arabi21.com/story/1072708/

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This is what happens in dysfunctional corrupt coup regimes dependent on foreign handouts and having dung for brains puppets to run their country. The only thing these secular tyrants can do is kill their own people on orders of their foreign masters. But this 5.2 Bn dollars Rafael won't even do that i.e killing innocent civilians. So in that sense I am rather happy that this zionazi sisi regime could not get their hands on sophisticated weapons system of Rafael. Good work US and France. Keep up the good work .




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Useless arms. They are just as useless as those shinny toys Ksa has. No point of owing a gun a if you don't ever plan to use it to defend or protect your interests. They are definitely not to protect the rights of palestinian people. If they were Egypt wouldn't be allowed to have them in the first place.

So what's the purpose you ask?
Well, my friends the purpose is to show your other brotherly natations how cool you are with the west. And never to mess with you. Same goes for Ksa.

What's the point if you already bowed your head and accepted defeat?

If anyone of you guys thinks Egypt has a chance against Isreal your a fool. They get the weapons from the west which Isreal approves and dosn't consider a threat.

 

[MMM-E]

by 2018 GDP Nominal per capita World Avarageis $11,311 Turkey below that.

by 2018 GDP Nominal per capita World Avarage is $11.311
-- Turkey : $11.125
-- Russia : $10.630
-- China : $9.377
-- India : $1989