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Yes indeed.. it is pretty hard to keep up with all these fantastic news..I saw this news earlier this morning and I lost track of which deal this was part of LOL! With all the deals being made for the navy lately, it's tough keeping track of which is which and which includes what etc. But now after reading the article, I do remember that there were 10 of this including the offshore patrol boat that were originally destined for Saudiya, then the whole Khashoggshi thing happened and the Germans took a nutty fit and canceled all deals to Saudiya but then this one was transferred to Egypt.
The only two unknowns so far is how were the payments for these made? Did Germany return the initial payments Saudiya made and then Egypt is paying separately for these, or are they calling it even as a deal between Egypt and Saudiya? And the other is the end of the article says "the deal is considered controversial" and I'm wondering why the hell is it still considered controversial?! With all the submarines and Meko frigates and the IRIS-T-SL SAM system and other military equipment Germany has sold to Egypt and 10 patrol boats suddenly become controversial?!?! Mesh fahem ya3ni?!
i guess they said controversial because the contract was transfered to Egypt .. so it is making the payments now..you know KSA always makes a down payment.. but in this case it has also received a few of these boats.. so Egypt got only to pay for these 10 ..most probably with a rebate..HaHa.. since Germany had a contract to respect..and nullifying it was its loss.. but Egypt kindda saved the deal..
Besides that..can you imagine when the EN will become like this in few years from now..