Egyptian Armed Forces

SipahSalar · Mar 13, 2018

The SC said:

Why does US make such a big deal out of land attack capability of Harpoon? Years ago they accused Pakistan as well of altering their Harpoons to be able to attack land targets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/world/asia/30missile.html

Anyways where did you get this image from? Would it be possible to get a similar one for Pakistan?

The SC · Mar 13, 2018

Gomig-21 said:
Well, if there were any doubts about the numbers, they've been clarified now, bro. 50 MiG-35s with 300 R-73s and 300 R-77s which is not a huge number by any means, but 600 of them compared to a total of 150 MICAs for the Rafale just shows the French order is puny. They need a ton more missiles than that, at least 500 to start with like typical orders for those types usually are. Khara!

But interesting part is the Moskit SS0N-22, 10 of those but no mention of the Kh-38's that we saw the Egyptian MiGs testing with in Russia.

And have we seen any pics of the 2nd hand Tarantul? And is it a corvette? That's news to me.

More missile orders will come in the near future.. since unlike the GCC states.. Egypt has shown this policy in the past too.. just enough missiles and ammunition in the first order, then increasing it with time.. _maybe not to scare the already paranoid neighbours_

You can be sure that every major Russian system and the best missiles will come quite soon including the KH family as well as the new cruise missiles.. and I wish for some ToT..that will be like the strawberry on a Sunday..

With more than $30 billions and more coming investments in Egypt.. the strategic alliance, and the the Egyptian Gas shares for Russian companies.. it is obvious that they will help in protecting their own assets in the region too.. so the prospects of highly advanced military systems deals and deliveries to Egypt are just a question of time..

Defensive Weapons
KAB-500KRx2
KAB-500Lx2
KAB-500ODx2
R-27EAx4
R-27Rx4
R-27REx4
R-27Tx4
R-27TEx4
R-73x4
R-77x4
Offensive Weapons
Kh-29Dx2
Kh-29Lx2
Kh-29Tx2
Kh-31Ax2
Kh-31AD
Kh-31Px2
Kh-31PD
Kh-35U

With "Tarantul", they mean the Molina FAC..

SipahSalar said:
Why does US make such a big deal out of land attack capability of Harpoon? Years ago they accused Pakistan as well of altering their Harpoons to be able to attack land targets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/world/asia/30missile.html

Anyways where did you get this image from? Would it be possible to get a similar one for Pakistan?

- They don't want the warheads to be modified.. that will take the missiles to another dimension..

- The image is from the ISRI site..
http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php

Gomig-21 · Mar 13, 2018

The SC said:
With "Tarantul", they mean the Molina FAC..

That's right. Forgot about that. Should've known that was it when it was listed as "1 second hand project."

Speaking of navy, French & Egyptian navies exercising for the 2nd time in a month this time in the Red Sea.

This looks like some type of replenishing ship for the French Mistrals with cranes and even appears to have a helipad.

Gomig-21 · Mar 13, 2018

This first pic in the above post is actually the Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate which appeared during the French/Egyptian naval exercise.

Apparently this is an Indian frigate seen in the shadows of the Egyptian mistral. India is participating in some operations to secure Bab El Mandab.

Amun · Mar 14, 2018

Mhmoud said:
Why not?
No offense to Egypt or Egyptians, but a dictatorship is a dictatorship, and nothing can prevent them from using these methods to keep power. And we aren't any better than they are as humans.
I heard on a random article about Egyptian helicopters in Syria in train and advise missions, and El Sissi actually likes Assad.
There are bad apples everywhere,and what makes a difference is the fact that in some places bad apples can be constrained, mainly through democratic will. If they are troublesome, they are voted out. Egypt almost reached this level, until the coup in 2013.

After all, whether they are Egyptian or Algerian, if they are not contrained properly and they are hungry enough for power, then they can and will kill and tape and torture. Doesn't matter where you come from.

As general (Absolute power is absolute corruption).
I’m talking here about the difference doctrine in The Egyptian army.....this is one of the places that you can call a melting pot for all Egyptians.

The SC · Mar 14, 2018

Gomig-21 · Mar 15, 2018

USS Sampson Conducts PASSEX with Egyptian Navy

RED SEA
02.15.2018
Courtesy Story

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chanel L. Turner

RED SEA- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) and the Egyptian navy’s guided-missile frigate Sharm El-Sheikh (FFG 901) participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX), Feb. 15.

Cmdr. Tim LaBenz, commanding officer of Sampson, welcomed the Egyptian frigate’s leadership aboard before the ships conducted an exchange of liaison officers and performed maneuvering drills.

“The officers and crew aboard the Sampson were honored to participate in this exercise with our Egyptian counterparts” said LaBenz. “By exchanging liaison officers and conducting maneuvering and live-fire events, we continue to strengthen the relationship between our navies.”

The drills paused for lunch where crew members from both ships discussed their shared personal and professional experiences of deployment.

The exercise reconvened with Sharm El-Sheikh and Sampson firing their guns.

Later, members of Sampson’s visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams embarked Sharm El-Sheikh where they provided training and demonstrations to their counterparts.

“I believe this successful event will be among many more,” said LaBenz. “I look forward to sailing alongside them again in the future.”

The event concluded with an exchange of wardroom gifts between the maritime professionals. The Egyptian naval officers thanked their U.S. counterparts for the hospitality and wished them well on the rest of the deployment.

Sampson is deployed with the Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of operations in support of maritime operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/269287/uss-sampson-conducts-passex-with-egyptian-navy

Hell NO · Mar 15, 2018

A Front and a back facing cameras!!!!!!!
Can we expect an upgrade to the moral affairs videos with some first person action?

Gomig-21 · Mar 15, 2018

Nahid · Mar 15, 2018

Hell NO said:
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A Front and a back facing cameras!!!!!!!
Can we expect an upgrade to the moral affairs videos with some first person action?

now days every one is going for digital camo, is there any chance that egypt wll also go for that?

Hell NO · Mar 15, 2018

Nahid said:
now days every one is going for digital camo, is there any chance that egypt wll also go for that?

This particular camo I don't think is going to change or maybe(unlikely) they might have digital camo that is extremely close to the pattern in the uniform for sa'ka but other branches of the military highly likely. Some of them already use digital camo (paratroopers/navy SF).