Just found out this threat existed.
So anyways....
The Egyptian military has all the cool weapons a military needs. They keep buying stuff, yet they usually perform horribly in war like really. Be it the overall result or casualties, they do their job horribly. They need a better strategy at this point, not just weaponry.
“Usually perform horrible in war” I’ll be as clear as possible here.
The War of 1956? We had pilots hits converting to russian fighters, most with no more than 50 flight hours when the British and French launched their attacks.
The War of 1967? We were defeated due to the bad layout of our land forces in the Sinai, pressure by the US to decrease forces in the Sinai, lack of good fighters (in terms of range and armament).
The War of 1973? For anyone who researched the Egyptian Military, precisely weapons, won’t say such thing. Egypt captured only a fraction of the lands ceased by Israel in 1967, but as if we had the weapons to cease the whole Sinai or the capability to defend against Nuclear Weapons? We had to plan a war we can chew with our capabilities.
War of 1977? Well... nothing to even claim to be bad.
War of 1990? Well the Sudanese Military was out of Halaib triangle, rather not call it a war.
And only NOW do we have something to claim as good weapons but either way the Sinai is simply not a good battlefield, if it was desert without villages for example then yes, we’d have ISIS wiped out years ago.
Casualties in 1956 were 2000? But according to us we were causing more casualties on the Israelis before the British and French attacked.
Casualties in 1967? Yes, many were locked between Israeli advances so yes. But never in a line v line combat.
In 1973? 5,000 casualties - some died because of the EAF would intercept the Israeli fighters over the delta causing them to drop their bombs before attacking the bases - over farmlands, but is there any other way to defend against them?
If you meant the Sinai then yes I agree we aren’t performing like we should, but compared to previous wars then you’d have to give us F-4Es, Mirage Vs to prove the point.
Glad you asked, ask me about anything if you want.
Right so in case - or well, we all come across - someone mentions the EAF’s different platforms being isolated, not on the same datalink or any alternatives:
Egypt and Teledyne were co operating and made a “transponder unit” which Northrop Grumman enhanced for the Egyptian military, it says that it makes French and Russian/Soviet IFF Systems interoperable with the US supplied weapons (to cut it short).
Teledyne, the same company that made Egypt the Scarab drones - stealth recon ones that can be deployed from F-4Es. Looks like Teledyne had a good chunk of Egypt’s Military Aid over the years.