Gomig-21
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Here's a link to what an analyst has to say about the SU's. I was able to understand a piece of it, but can someone clarify what he's saying, or the general point he's making?
Sounds like he's basically saying what we've all been saying but he seems to still be hanging on to the theory that somehow the Su-35s will end still end up in Egypt and that whatever deal Russia has made with Iran do not include the Egyptian Su-35s.
The recent pics of Sisi laughing it up with Biden in Sharm might be a sign, despite what Biden said during the campaign. BTW, almost every one of those aircraft in that video are Su-30s besides the first few are Ukrainian Su-27s.
The secret of delaying the deals of the Egyptian Rafale Typhoon Sukhoi-35 fighters and responding to criticism..
What do you think about Eurofighters at $200 million Euros a piece? They were even talking about how proud they were to have the Italians drop the price from 280 Euros to an even 200.
I forget their cost per hour, but those things are NOT cheap. Now neither are the Rafales, but the weapons issues for these EFTs are going to be a complicated issue. If they can make the deal that the meteors (and what about the Storm Shadows or will the call them Black Shaheens also or something else? Or meteor and the IRSTs and the Brimstones and that's it, no cruise missiles are to be included? 100%, that will certainly help convince the ridiculous prices and the delay on upgrading the current FRs is a bit strange because the US can't interfere with an upgrade that is in the contract like that. if they were bumped out of the SCALPs, they shouldn't be able to say anything about the upgrade unless it is considerably American in the avionics part. I'm finding that whole scenario even stranger than the MBDA meteor issue.
Sorry for getting back late basha, I hadn't logged in awhile. I am with you all the way, the situation in Palestine is unique compared to other modern international conflicts. I remember one way you can see genocide is trying to enforce conditions while also facilitating for migration of Palestinians out of Palestine. That has been their policy for decades up to this day. And many Palestinians were forcibly expelled prior to 1948 and through the 60's.
Palestinian's still don't have autonomy and right to self determination to this day. The gov't's in both the West Bank and Gaza don't actually 'govern'. The present and future for the Palestinian's is mostly dictated by Israel, with Western backing, and anyone else is only allowed to fund basic needs and projects for Palestinians. People in Palestine are pretty hopeless, and even more so in Gaza, are waiting to die.
That's why I haven't travelled to Gaza in a long time. It gives me anxiety just seeing how people have become. They have a myriad of psychological issues(understandably), my family member's personalities have changed, and now that I'm an adult and understand reality better, I don't really want to go there and observe that depressing reality. People are left with two choices basically, just suffer and wait, hoping for some miracle one day, or try leaving, legally or illegaly, and potentially risking your life. People killed on a daily basis in the West Bank and if Gaza gets involved they'll kill hundreds within weeks. It's a helpless and prolonged state of suffering that exacts a severe mental toll. I am in agreement with you in everything you said.
Of course our brothers and sisters in Egypt are like our second home. That's something that keeps people of Gaza going, and we know Egypt cannot do much without collective Arab backing, as the West can levy sanctions and much more that could lead to you guys to endure terrible suffering as well. We do not blame you. But, like you, I do wish your gov't gets more tough with securing better weapons systems and so forth for Egypt and Gaza future. Whatever will happen to Egypt will happen to Gaza as well. I hope I don't spoil the thread with this late reply.
Don't worry about when you answer, bro. Anytime you feel like it I just can't imagine how you must feel watching what is happening there. Unfathomable.
Interesting, never knew the emiratis had a military with foreigners taking charge in high positions, this would NEVER fly in egypt EVER. Just goes to show that even if their military is one of the most capable in the mideast, they have a chronic shortage of manpower. Their OC is full of foreign officers, which does build competence, but puts their military on a leash. Also in the video, he talks about how arab nations are prone to military takeover, and guess who gets shown??? Misr. However, he forgets that egypt would've went through a different fate hadn't it been for the egyptian military
Also,Qatar,Bahrain and Oman all have similar structures.
Great post. It shows the importance of population.
Reminds me of the old Mirage III/V Z black ones.
So if this is the 2nd MEKO A200-class frigate ENS Al-Qahhar (905) and the ENS Al Aziz (904) just delivered a couple of weeks ago, two things are certain. The first is that Germans are not taking their time building these things even tough Al-Aziz was launched in May of 2021 and just delivered, they took over a year to test it in every sense of the word. But at the same time, the 2nd one (905) is already built and in water and ready for sea trials that means the 3rd one (which will probably be #906) is in the yard being welded & assembled. And if the total MEKOs ordered is 6 and the last one is to be built in Alexandria, these things might just beat the Bergamini FREMMs into the ENS lol! Amazing and the armament on these things are great of course including some of the stuff they won't release any info on.
Some of the larger pics. #905 is ready for sea trials I must admit I wasn't expecting that.
The rest are of #904s. So #909 should be the last one being built in Egypt ISA.
BTW, Algeria already has 2 of these A200 MEKOs with the option for 2 more. Other countries are also operating these as they seem to be quite popular and pretty lethal frigates.
Hopefully these will be joining them soon, too!
Eurofighter Typhoon Coming Soon
According to semi-confirmed private sources for the channel
@Gomig-21 @The SC @Hydration
These would be great, just worried about their cost and weapons. And if they do make the deal, I think we can definitively kiss any F-15 deal (which is not a bad thing but maybe not) but definitely say goodby to the Su-35s.
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