Egyptian Armed Forces

[Gomig-21]

On the other side, there was the tracked armored infantry fighting vehicle "Sinai 200", which came to light from the 200 war factory (the production and repair of armored vehicles) according to the directions of the President of the Republic to design and produce a tracked armored vehicle smaller than the famous Russian amphibious combat infantry vehicle "BMP". . In fact, it is very similar to it, in particular, it resembles the amphibious armored vehicle BMD-4 working for the Russian Air Force VDV and is capable of heavy parachute drop from transport aircraft.

The armor weighs 13.8 tons and the engine thrust is 400 tons (29 hp / ton) and its top speed is 65 km / h, and the number of its crew is 8 divided into a driver + Hikdar + 6 combatants.

The armored protection level against mines reaches the STANAG 4569 Level 4B that is able to withstand a mine explosion below the track or under the armored belly, as well as carrying fragments of 155mm artillery shells that exploded 30 meters from the armored vehicle, and bears armor piercing rounds up to 7.62 * 54 mm, and was taken into account, of course. That there be a balance between armor and the weight of the armored vehicle in favor of the speed and maneuvering factors.

There are two advantages to armored combat and survival equipment:

1- Providing it with a heavy 12.7 mm RCWS Remote-Controlled Weapon Station, to avoid the need for a dedicated individual to operate it and to ensure the greatest safety for the individuals inside.

2- Equipped with a Cage / Slat Armor similar to the Q-Net Armor network shield, which is designed to face the dangers of anti-RPG projectiles, and this shield is characterized by its cost of 50% - 60% less than the cage armor as well as its lighter weight which does not represent an additional burden on the engine and consequently It saves fuel consumption, not to mention the ease of disassembling and installing it on various types of armored vehicles as needed, and it is also possible to add an upper layer of it to protect the armored vehicle from above.

The armored vehicle is still in the testing and testing phase and will undergo many other modifications and developments. It still has time to enter the official service of the armed forces, and it is expected that it will appear at the EDEX-2020 exhibition, possibly in its final version, to learn more about its details and capabilities.

However, in any case, armored vehicles with this design and the available capabilities can work with Egyptian parachute units as well as amphibious landing forces from the two Mistral carriers, and could be the start of a new generation of Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle that will evolve over time to contain Advanced combat, protection and survival technologies, such as 20 or 25 mm artillery and passive and active Protection Passive Protection System anti-armor interceptors.

It's really a great Egyptian invention if you think about it. And it looks pretty darn cool and modern and certainly aerodynamic if it can cruise at 65km. That's fast for 14 tons but an engine that can push 400 tons? Lmao, that's a bigass engine lol. You can see the BMP influence but you can certainly see a lot of originality and the cage-slat armor with the Q-Net is a great idea, despite how goofy-looking it is but that's what is cool IMO about Egyptian inventions. They look for function much more than form which is of course, the way it ought to be.

There's more stuff coming out of AOI that we will see at EDEX 2020 in December. Hopefully that show will expand one day to include an airshow display as well as static display of fighters for sale around the world.

 

[Gomig-21]

lol, funny every time you google Egyptian Air Force or EAF F-16, that DCS rendition comes up on images every single time.

What we need to look at once the Su-35 photos start appearing is the weapons they'll be displayed with. Something tells me, though, that because of the conflict this purchase has created between the US and Egypt and possible sanctions (although I don't think the US will do anything that drastic at this point because of the timing on this contract having been agreed to prior to the issuance of CAATSA) and even if the US imposes sanctions, I think Egypt will need to toughen it up and fight through them to send the message that the American weapons restrictions imposed on Egypt since the peace treaty needs to come to an end and perhaps, at some point, reduce weapons importing from Russia with heavy conditions in Egypt's favor.

I bet you that when the US offered the F-15 or the new improved F-16 as an alternative to the Su-35 and had included not just the AIM-120C-5/7 but the AIM-9X as well as some of the other GBUs AND offered to upgrade all the EAFs F-16s to CISMOA-related COMs technology (which has been another issue with the Americans) it might have accepted or offered an alternative since it still would've been too late. The COMS, which they have offered to Saudiya and other Arab countries but not Egypt and that has really ticked off the Egyptian military and who can blame them?...is one of the problems almost as big as the AIM-120. All of this because Egypt is considered the greatest and most immediate threat to Israel than any other country (except maybe Iran) and always has been. This has prompted the large shift in weapons acquisitions from the Rafales to all the Russian stuff. I think that the QME that the US sacrifices so much for Israel with Egypt will and has started to push Egypt far away from the US despite the signing of the CISMOA. This is because the US hasn't alleviated any of the restrictions despite the singing of the treaty.

In all honesty, I think we are going to see a VERY aggressive Egyptian military towards the US in near future operations and dealing with one another because of the US treating Egypt essentially like a bad entity, when all it's done is follow the peace treaty to the T. To constantly claim the QME as the reason for not providing the EAF with the proper COMs as well as weaponry while at the same time, everyone around us has these technologies is really insulting. The CISMOA gives the US a lot of advantages that hopefully when the time comes, the Egyptian military can say no to them and site those grievances as the reason and then work a quid-pro-quo as a solution.

There were some issues in Yemen because of those COMS-related technologies that Saudiya and the UAE were employing and the EAF couldn't participate in those particular coms because the Saudis and UAE were using them and the EAF uses a different one that wasn't compatible. So there needs to be some kind of stand made by the Egyptian military that pushes the US to start treating it better by providing these critical upgrades to improve the potential of the EAF to its fullest and not just 3/4 of the way. It has started happening when they refused the F-15s and new F-16s for the Su-35 and even publicly stated that the Russian aircraft were better because of these reasons.

The other reason that we need to keep an eye on the munitions that will come with the Su-35 is that we know what the MiG-35s came with and that is the R-73, R-77-1 (the 110km range missile which is probably why they didn't order the R-27ER or ET because the avionics suite in the EAF's MiG-35 is the latest -- along with the Zhuk-ME radar -- is capable of firing the longer range R-77-1 which is good news) as well as the Kh-31 & 38 and the 220 pod. Those are what we know for sure and have seen but it's possible there are other munitions that they have that we just don't know about, especially A2G ones.

So we'll need to see a much bigger package of weapons with the Su-35s that will include the R-73, R-77-1, R-27ER & ET (possibly more A2A missiles to make it as lethal of an air superiority fighter) and a slew of air to ground and air to ship weapons to make use of that beast of a fighter and start moving away from US platforms. I don't think the US will change its mind vis a vis the weapons it will supply Egypt unless something major happens.

I also think that they should seriously consider the Euro-Fighter Typhoon with the IRIS-T missiles and most certainly the meteor in large enough numbers to equip the Rafales with them as well. Unless they can pursue those through France and leave it at that as the original contract includes them from what we know. But once the meteor is approved for export, it should be without a doubt that Egypt is to be one of the first to receive them, regardless of the Typhoon or not. But I do think that it would greatly help with Italy's willingness to supply all that equipment to Egypt that they would push the Meteor through as well as the advantage of having 48 delta/canard aircraft instead of just 24 Rafales.

So keep your eyes out, fellas.

 

[Philip the Arab]

It's really a great Egyptian invention if you think about it. And it looks pretty darn cool and modern and certainly aerodynamic if it can cruise at 65km. That's fast for 14 tons but an engine that can push 400 tons? Lmao, that's a bigass engine lol. You can see the BMP influence but you can certainly see a lot of originality and the cage-slat armor with the Q-Net is a great idea, despite how goofy-looking it is but that's what is cool IMO about Egyptian inventions. They look for function much more than form which is of course, the way it ought to be.

There's more stuff coming out of AOI that we will see at EDEX 2020 in December. Hopefully that show will expand one day to include an airshow display as well as static display of fighters for sale around the world.

I think its for the Mistrals amphibious landings(Humvees were getting stuck in the sand), and maybe for airdropping from the IL-76s from what I was told on other forums.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

@Gomig-21
Not just the weapons, the EW systems will be very good, I believe EAF will get the self protection SAP 518 pods and escort jamming SAP 14 pods.

Window view for the adversary will be somewhat similar.

 

[The SC]

lol, funny every time you google Egyptian Air Force or EAF F-16, that DCS rendition comes up on images every single time.

What we need to look at once the Su-35 photos start appearing is the weapons they'll be displayed with. Something tells me, though, that because of the conflict this purchase has created between the US and Egypt and possible sanctions (although I don't think the US will do anything that drastic at this point because of the timing on this contract having been agreed to prior to the issuance of CAATSA) and even if the US imposes sanctions, I think Egypt will need to toughen it up and fight through them to send the message that the American weapons restrictions imposed on Egypt since the peace treaty needs to come to an end and perhaps, at some point, reduce weapons importing from Russia with heavy conditions in Egypt's favor.

I bet you that when the US offered the F-15 or the new improved F-16 as an alternative to the Su-35 and had included not just the AIM-120C-5/7 but the AIM-9X as well as some of the other GBUs AND offered to upgrade all the EAFs F-16s to CISMOA-related COMs technology (which has been another issue with the Americans) it might have accepted or offered an alternative since it still would've been too late. The COMS, which they have offered to Saudiya and other Arab countries but not Egypt and that has really ticked off the Egyptian military and who can blame them?...is one of the problems almost as big as the AIM-120. All of this because Egypt is considered the greatest and most immediate threat to Israel than any other country (except maybe Iran) and always has been. This has prompted the large shift in weapons acquisitions from the Rafales to all the Russian stuff. I think that the QME that the US sacrifices so much for Israel with Egypt will and has started to push Egypt far away from the US despite the signing of the CISMOA. This is because the US hasn't alleviated any of the restrictions despite the singing of the treaty.

In all honesty, I think we are going to see a VERY aggressive Egyptian military towards the US in near future operations and dealing with one another because of the US treating Egypt essentially like a bad entity, when all it's done is follow the peace treaty to the T. To constantly claim the QME as the reason for not providing the EAF with the proper COMs as well as weaponry while at the same time, everyone around us has these technologies is really insulting. The CISMOA gives the US a lot of advantages that hopefully when the time comes, the Egyptian military can say no to them and site those grievances as the reason and then work a quid-pro-quo as a solution.

There were some issues in Yemen because of those COMS-related technologies that Saudiya and the UAE were employing and the EAF couldn't participate in those particular coms because the Saudis and UAE were using them and the EAF uses a different one that wasn't compatible. So there needs to be some kind of stand made by the Egyptian military that pushes the US to start treating it better by providing these critical upgrades to improve the potential of the EAF to its fullest and not just 3/4 of the way. It has started happening when they refused the F-15s and new F-16s for the Su-35 and even publicly stated that the Russian aircraft were better because of these reasons.

The other reason that we need to keep an eye on the munitions that will come with the Su-35 is that we know what the MiG-35s came with and that is the R-73, R-77-1 (the 110km range missile which is probably why they didn't order the R-27ER or ET because the avionics suite in the EAF's MiG-35 is the latest -- along with the Zhuk-ME radar -- is capable of firing the longer range R-77-1 which is good news) as well as the Kh-31 & 38 and the 220 pod. Those are what we know for sure and have seen but it's possible there are other munitions that they have that we just don't know about, especially A2G ones.

So we'll need to see a much bigger package of weapons with the Su-35s that will include the R-73, R-77-1, R-27ER & ET (possibly more A2A missiles to make it as lethal of an air superiority fighter) and a slew of air to ground and air to ship weapons to make use of that beast of a fighter and start moving away from US platforms. I don't think the US will change its mind vis a vis the weapons it will supply Egypt unless something major happens.

I also think that they should seriously consider the Euro-Fighter Typhoon with the IRIS-T missiles and most certainly the meteor in large enough numbers to equip the Rafales with them as well. Unless they can pursue those through France and leave it at that as the original contract includes them from what we know. But once the meteor is approved for export, it should be without a doubt that Egypt is to be one of the first to receive them, regardless of the Typhoon or not. But I do think that it would greatly help with Italy's willingness to supply all that equipment to Egypt that they would push the Meteor through as well as the advantage of having 48 delta/canard aircraft instead of just 24 Rafales.

So keep your eyes out, fellas.

Simply Egypt has now in its air force:

Fighters:
Rafale
Mig 29/35
Sukhoi -35
And most likely Typhoon

Helicopters:
Apache
Kamov
Mi 24
(Gazelle)

All that Egypt will do is increase the number of these fighters in the coming period..
It means if Egypt increases each type of fighter plane by only 12 each, it will have about 150 fighters of 4th generation ++ of the latest best technologies..This is on top of the 200 F-16s and Mirage-2000..Thus, the pressure will be on on the US, not on Egypt..

As for the modernization of the F-16s fighters or their gradual removal from service over time, they will be compensated for by the above mentioned new fighters..And then the US will lose a very important card in its relationship with Egypt..Likewise, with the Abrams with the coming of T-90MS..

So, as the Apache is being updated to the latest standard which has been approved..the same will likely happen to the Abrams and the F-16s.. Because the US simply lost its control over arming the Egyptian armed forces with the latter's procurements of eastern and western alternatives for every American weapon.. So at the end the US will be forced to meet the Egyptian requirements..there is no much doubt about this..

Egypt is playing chess with the US ..not boxing.. and that is sound, well studied and well thought of; It is the conversion of pressure from an Egyptian desire for US weapons before, because there were no alternatives in the past, to a US need because there are many alternatives currently..

 

[Gomig-21]

@Philip the Arab bro, you are unbelievable man! The way you handled those Turks and the Bengali fella that came out of nowhere and that post about Turkish fetishes that is hard to figure out...dude, I almost fell out of my chair reading it! OMG that was the BEST! I wanted to give you a like on every singe post, especially the one about the "swallowing" LMFAO!!!!!!!!!! You and @The SC I don't know how you do it, especially him. He's been doing it for many years, fighting these ignoramuses and I don't know how he still has the energy. You, though, the way you handle them is great! Keep up the good work, very enjoyable read. I would participate but I've been doing that crap for over 20 years and I'm a bit tired of it to tell you the truth. lol.

It is interestingly funny, though, how many of these individuals have no idea about the strength of the Egyptian military and are surprised when you tell them about certain capabilities and then they resort to fighting ability lol. Classic. But that fetish and swallowing posts had me dying!

@Gomig-21
Not just the weapons, the EW systems will be very good, I believe EAF will get the self protection SAP 518 pods and escort jamming SAP 14 pods.

Window view for the adversary will be somewhat similar.

Yes, for sure! Good pick up by you, sir. We'll have to try and count how many have them attached and how many don't, then we'll know how many jamming and EW aircraft they'll have out of the bunch since those pods are permanently affixed and the aircraft dedicated with specific electronics suite for jamming and EW just like F/A-18 Growlers, so to speak. I don't think those are removable and re-installed etc., right? Trying to learn more about them ATM.

Simply Egypt has now in its air force:

Fighters:
Rafale
Mig 29/35
Sukhoi -35
And most likely Typhoon

Helicopters:
Apache
Kamov
Mi 24
(Gazelle)

All that Egypt will do is increase the number of these fighters in the coming period..
It means if Egypt increases each type of fighter plane by only 12 each, it will have about 150 fighters of 4th generation ++ of the latest best technologies..This is on top of the 200 F-16s and Mirage-2000..Thus, the pressure will be on on the US, not on Egypt..

As for the modernization of the F-16s fighters or their gradual removal from service over time, they will be compensated for by the above mentioned new fighters..And then the US will lose a very important card in its relationship with Egypt..Likewise, with the Abrams with the coming of T-90MS..

So, as the Apache is being updated to the latest standard which has been approved..the same will likely happen to the Abrams and the F-16s.. Because the US simply lost its control over arming the Egyptian armed forces with the latter's procurements of eastern and western alternatives for every American weapon.. So at the end the US will be forced to meet the Egyptian requirements..there is no much doubt about this..

Egypt is playing chess with the US ..not boxing.. and that is sound, well studied and well thought of; It is the conversion of pressure from an Egyptian desire for US weapons before, because there were no alternatives in the past, to a US need because there are many alternatives currently..

It's a good strategy and we're actually witnessing the shift happening as we speak. I think the days of American weapons being the dominant items in the Egyptian Military are slowly coming to an end as Sisi has obviously seen this being a military man for decades and has the know-how. Since he's been in power, the shift has been happening at an amazing and super bold pace while at the same time, keeping the relations nice and warm. I think it's been an outstanding plan. It's a shame that selfish bastard Mubarak never got off his *** and did something like that in 30 years. He was the reason the military went stagnant the way it did and what Sisi has done in 7 years is phenomenal.

 

[The SC]

@Philip the Arab bro, you are unbelievable man! The way you handled those Turks and the Bengali fella that came out of nowhere and that post about Turkish fetishes that is hard to figure out...dude, I almost fell out of my chair reading it! OMG that was the BEST! I wanted to give you a like on every singe post, especially the one about the "swallowing" LMFAO!!!!!!!!!! You and @The SC I don't know how you do it, especially him. He's been doing it for many years, fighting these ignoramuses and I don't know how he still has the energy. You, though, the way you handle them is great! Keep up the good work, very enjoyable read. I would participate but I've been doing that crap for over 20 years and I'm a bit tired of it to tell you the truth. lol.

It is interestingly funny, though, how many of these individuals have no idea about the strength of the Egyptian military and are surprised when you tell them about certain capabilities and then they resort to fighting ability lol. Classic. But that fetish and swallowing posts had me dying!



Yes, for sure! Good pick up by you, sir. We'll have to try and count how many have them attached and how many don't, then we'll know how many jamming and EW aircraft they'll have out of the bunch since those pods are permanently affixed and the aircraft dedicated with specific electronics suite for jamming and EW just like F/A-18 Growlers, so to speak. I don't think those are removable and re-installed etc., right? Trying to learn more about them ATM.



It's a good strategy and we're actually witnessing the shift happening as we speak. I think the days of American weapons being the dominant items in the Egyptian Military are slowly coming to an end as Sisi has obviously seen this being a military man for decades and has the know-how. Since he's been in power, the shift has been happening at an amazing and super bold pace while at the same time, keeping the relations nice and warm. I think it's been an outstanding plan. It's a shame that selfish bastard Mubarak never got off his *** and did something like that in 30 years. He was the reason the military went stagnant the way it did and what Sisi has done in 7 years is phenomenal.

Mubarak was a secretive kind he also knew how to play chess _under the table_ ..
Let me explain..

The subject of Anchas reactor was about highly enriched uranium suitable for military use and Egypt justified the topic that it might have entered with radioisotope containers from abroad but the issue was not convincing because the containers are well examined before coming to the reactor because of the seal materials on them, and the Americans swallowed the matter, the problem of Egypt with The Americans know that they are not committed and that they have plans to develop American ammunition and equipment in a state of hostility with Israel or America itself, unlike the rest of the Arab countries who do not have the capabilities to develop their weapons and change their characteristics.
The naval Harpoon was another good example the US was afraid that Egypt was modifying it to be used on its fighters.. Even many technicians were making fake working hours to order more F-16 spare parts for storage and the Americans discovered the matter by chance..Also there was transfer of American technology to eastern countries that is why there were sanctions on the Abu Zaabal Al-Harbi factory, even weapons of mass destruction existed from the sixties and assisted Syria and Iraq in manufacturing them, until there was an American concern that Egypt cooperates with North Korea in developing missiles that carry chemical charges as a deterrent..so the banning of American weapons to Egypt,did not come just like that from a vacuum.. and these were not pressure cards. It was a game with the Americans like Mubarak was saying; Egypt has oriental tendencies and its dealings with the US are interests because it is a smart country.. the Americans can know the capabilities of every army that arm themselves with their weapons and so they will sell to them everything but when it comes to Egypt it is different..

So what is more important and strategic..a few AIM-120 or a missile deterrent against nuclear weapons..

 

[Gomig-21]

So what is more important and strategic..a few AIM-120 or a missile deterrent against nuclear weapons..

I figured you would give me a little more credit than that, ma bro. You realize I was talking about the entire military modernization which included finding alternatives for that particular issue, but more so the overall picture of all the improvements in all the branches as a comparison.

Mubarak was a secretive kind he also knew how to play chess _under the table_ ..
Let me explain..

The subject of Anchas reactor was about highly enriched uranium suitable for military use and Egypt justified the topic that it might have entered with radioisotope containers from abroad but the issue was not convincing because the containers are well examined before coming to the reactor because of the seal materials on them, and the Americans swallowed the matter, the problem of Egypt with The Americans know that they are not committed and that they have plans to develop American ammunition and equipment in a state of hostility with Israel or America itself, unlike the rest of the Arab countries who do not have the capabilities to develop their weapons and change their characteristics.
The naval Harpoon was another good example the US was afraid that Egypt was modifying it to be used on its fighters.. Even many technicians were making fake working hours to order more F-16 spare parts for storage and the Americans discovered the matter by chance..Also there was transfer of American technology to eastern countries that is why there were sanctions on the Abu Zaabal Al-Harbi factory, even weapons of mass destruction existed from the sixties and assisted Syria and Iraq in manufacturing them, until there was an American concern that Egypt cooperates with North Korea in developing missiles that carry chemical charges as a deterrent..so the banning of American weapons to Egypt,did not come just like that from a vacuum.. and these were not pressure cards. It was a game with the Americans like Mubarak was saying; Egypt has oriental tendencies and its dealings with the US are interests because it is a smart country.. the Americans can know the capabilities of every army that arm themselves with their weapons and so they will sell to them everything but when it comes to Egypt it is different..

I think regardless of the veracity of any of these stories, a deterrent as such needs to be known that it exists and not just rumorvilles if it was to work effectively as a true deterrent. The problem is that Egypt is not only a longtime signatory of the NPT, but it has opposed Israel vehemently for many years for having that capability and so combining those two items and then going out and secretly developing or acquiring nukes as a deterrent is about as irresponsible as can be. I personally doubt there is any truth to those things because of those two factors and the only one that I tend to believe is the Russians bringing some of their stocks towards the end of the 1973 war by ship to Alexandria in support of Egypt as per CIA reports. The other stuff, I'll go as far as attempting development of ballistic missiles with the help of NK and that, in itself was another violation that didn't help Egypt's cause in a sense that who knows if it was worth it as we haven't seen anything to resemble a viable threat of that magnitude. Chemical and biological weapons have been known to exist for a very long time so that I will buy. And like I said, you can be as secretive as you want but the only way those things work as deterrents in any capacity is that if everyone knows you have them. Secrecy works to a certain extent for certain types of weapons but not at that level IMHO.

Mubarak also was an ever bigger military man than Sisi ever was. Unlike Sisi, though, he let that clout slip away from him through his disastrous 30 years of crap rule and he never accomplished 1/10 what Sisi has in just under 7 years. And this is not only true as far as the military, but as you very well know, on every single other economic aspect he has worked magic all things considered.

Su-35S L-Band Wing Radar
Role: Radar, FCR, Air-to-Air & Air-to-Surface, Medium-Range
Max Range: 222.2 km

Hey SC, where is the source for this wing-mounted AESA radar on the Su-35S? I'd love to see it because I got some Russian buddies that are questioning the 222 km range and say it's probably closer to 120 max, which honestly I tend to believe them on that. If you have any source, throw it at me, bro. Thanks.

 

[The SC]

I figured you would give me a little more credit than that, ma bro. You realize I was talking about the entire military modernization which included finding alternatives for that particular issue, but more so the overall picture of all the improvements in all the branches as a comparison.



I think regardless of the veracity of any of these stories, a deterrent as such needs to be known that it exists and not just rumorvilles if it was to work effectively as a true deterrent. The problem is that Egypt is not only a longtime signatory of the NPT, but it has opposed Israel vehemently for many years for having that capability and so combining those two items and then going out and secretly developing or acquiring nukes as a deterrent is about as irresponsible as can be. I personally doubt there is any truth to those things because of those two factors and the only one that I tend to believe is the Russians bringing some of their stocks towards the end of the 1973 war by ship to Alexandria in support of Egypt as per CIA reports. The other stuff, I'll go as far as attempting development of ballistic missiles with the help of NK and that, in itself was another violation that didn't help Egypt's cause in a sense that who knows if it was worth it as we haven't seen anything to resemble a viable threat of that magnitude. Chemical and biological weapons have been known to exist for a very long time so that I will buy. And like I said, you can be as secretive as you want but the only way those things work as deterrents in any capacity is that if everyone knows you have them. Secrecy works to a certain extent for certain types of weapons but not at that level IMHO.

Mubarak also was an ever bigger military man than Sisi ever was. Unlike Sisi, though, he let that clout slip away from him through his disastrous 30 years of crap rule and he never accomplished 1/10 what Sisi has in just under 7 years. And this is not only true as far as the military, but as you very well know, on every single other economic aspect he has worked magic all things considered.



Hey SC, where is the source for this wing-mounted AESA radar on the Su-35S? I'd love to see it because I got some Russian buddies that are questioning the 222 km range and say it's probably closer to 120 max, which honestly I tend to believe them on that. If you have any source, throw it at me, bro. Thanks.

Brother you got all the credit for what you said..I just wanted to talk about some positive facts in the midst of that disastrous negligence by Mubarak..

Assessing the Tikhomirov NIIP L-Band Active Electronically Steered Array
https://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-06.html

==========================================

The Su-35S has 3 powerful and advanced radars.
An ESA (hybrid between PESA and AESA) X-band radar called N035 Irbis-E, is currently the most powerful radar in the world , with a range of 400km for an aircraft with RCS 3m ^ 2 located on the nose of the fighter, this radar can detect a cruise missile and tactical UAVs of low radar signature (RCS of 0.01m ^ 2) at 90 km.
The Su-35S also has two AESA L-band radars in the wing extensions, the N035L, these AESA radars have as their main function, detect Stealth aircraft (LO and VLO), in addition to acting as EW (jamming) for the enemy communications and as long-range IFF and many other functions, all this at great distances, in addition to being able to geolocate them..

https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/sukhoi-su-35-flanker-e/2410/

 

[The SC]

Egyptian Air Force special mission aircraft, including intelligence and spy aircraft, electronic warfare, early warning and airborne AWACS control

 

[Gomig-21]

Brother you got all the credit for what you said..I just wanted to talk about some positive facts in the midst of that disastrous negligence by Mubarak..

Assessing the Tikhomirov NIIP L-Band Active Electronically Steered Array
https://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-06.html

==========================================

The Su-35S has 3 powerful and advanced radars.
An ESA (hybrid between PESA and AESA) X-band radar called N035 Irbis-E, is currently the most powerful radar in the world , with a range of 400km for an aircraft with RCS 3m ^ 2 located on the nose of the fighter, this radar can detect a cruise missile and tactical UAVs of low radar signature (RCS of 0.01m ^ 2) at 90 km.
The Su-35S also has two AESA L-band radars in the wing extensions, the N035L, these AESA radars have as their main function, detect Stealth aircraft (LO and VLO), in addition to acting as EW (jamming) for the enemy communications and as long-range IFF and many other functions, all this at great distances, in addition to being able to geolocate them..

https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/sukhoi-su-35-flanker-e/2410/

Outstanding, ma bro. Check it out, the first of 24 Leonardo AW-149 (as well as 8 W189s) for the EAF in the now famous EAF desert camo.

 

[The SC]

Outstanding, ma bro. Check it out, the first of 24 Leonardo AW-149 (as well as 8 W189s) for the EAF in the now famous EAF desert camo.

That desert camo fits them so well!

 

[Gomig-21]

Egyptian Air Force special mission aircraft, including intelligence and spy aircraft, electronic warfare, early warning and airborne AWACS control

That's a brand new video came out 2 days ago lol. And funny thing is through all the years of keeping up with as much information as we can gather on our own because of the tremendous secrecy of the Egyptian Armed Forces that we know all of the stuff he talked about in that video from the two C-130 Compass Calls all the way to the Mi-17 EW helos and the latter was really from pics that we picked up from quick video snapshots etc. lol. And now they finally spill all the beans about all the aircraft used in EW as well as AWACs in the 8 E-2C Hawkeyes. Even sighting the newest one was acquired in 2010, which means it's relatively new and must have quite the library in its computers. It really makes you wonder how much information the US has packed in that library before delivery or if they're completely empty and just leave them up to the recipients to do their own SIGINT work and fill up their own libraries. And speaking of SIGINT, they're also performing that using the Beechcrafts which there are a few specialized in EW out of the 10 in inventory. Those were the ones responsible for jamming the living daylight out of north east Sinai during Operation Sinai that ended up shutting down the cellphones in southern Israel. That, along with their mobile jammers wreaked havoc during that operation but it was the Beechcrafts that not only were responsible for the majority of the EW they unleashed, but they used them prior to going in for a couple of weeks to gather a lot of intel. It's nice to see the video come out and essentially provide affirmation to what we already somewhat figured out.

 

[Philip the Arab]

This is a little older, but Egypt and Belarus signed an agreement for Egypt to produce their drones in country.


Drone like Bayraktar

 

[Gomig-21]

So, lol, relatively good news if it turns into something - According to La Tribune French Newspaper, France is back in the picture offering Egypt more Rafales and possibly nenewing the contract on the Gowind corvettes as well as armament equipment for the Mistrals from MBDA.

https://www.latribune.fr/entreprise...j_4nPVLn6dqa-f6m--rjOqftKqDorDatx1_wwmBA7M6ZM

I think the Italian mega deal has shifted France's opinion. I suppose the only thing that would change out of the Italian deal would be dropping the Eurofighter which would be a bit of a shame. But for more Rafales, I think that works. I just hope the Egyptian negotiators push MBDA very hard on the Meteor. If they resist, I would drop it in a heartbeat if it's guaranteed in the Italian deal.