It is realistically possible to make EN a real potent and powerful navy freely able to fight long battles for several months or even years..
- A local cruise missile capable of hitting land targets... and also, the imported ones must have this feature of land attack.... Because from dozens of EN naval vessels, we find these specifications only in a small number.. This is a problem that must be solved..
- Layered integrated Naval Air Defense.. It starts with Aster 30, passes through Mica, Camm er, and Aster 15, all the way to RI.. Here, Egypt has come a long way..
- Naval Air Forces with strong naval armament configurations ... and naval patrol planes.. Here we find the Mig-35 and the SU-35, and from afar the Rafale.. Egypt did not reach an ideal picture that needs time in this regard..
Possible solutions Egypt is working on:
- Purchasing and manufacturing the Greek marine cruise project, Makedon, with a range of 800 km, and integrating it on the French and Italian Fremm, the Meko and Gowind, next to the European cruise missiles already on them...
- Manufacturing the "Smart glider" munition in cooperation with the UAE and integrating it on the Rafale, in addition to integrating the air-surface, air-to-ground Makedon on the Rafale… Contracting aircrafts and equipping them locally to become a naval patrol aircraft, is a cheap and good solution..
- Contracting 6 French Scorpene submarines (with an option of 6 more with TOT) and integrating the Makedon on them, which will provide the capability of hitting land targets and surface ships.. and transferring the technology of manufacturing the Scorpene submarines in Egypt.. It is a good manufacturing offset..
- The 20 naval patrol ships OPVs that Egypt intends to contract, they will be the backbone of the Egyptian firepower and its diversity by dividing the ammunition in attack and defense into four groups each..
Attack: Makedon, Exocet, Automat, RBS15
Defense: SSM2, Mica NG, Camm er, Aster 15
With the transfer of as much technology as possible and the manufacture of the Makedon and Camm er..
- Contracting 4 Russian or Chinese corvettes and integrating supersonic Eastern surface missiles on them..
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