Which ones are long range BVR missiles.
All of those. Anything above 37km (or 20 nmi) is considered beyond visual range for missiles.
The official definition of a BVR missile is: A beyond-visual-range missile (BVR) is an air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) that is capable of engaging at ranges of
20 nmi (37 km) or beyond.
The problem is that with the evolution of radar technology, the detection range became greater and greater and so air to air missiles production jumped on the bandwagon and once a missile attained a new and greater distance, they needed to develop another one with even greater range and so on and so forth. That was essentially the entire story to the development of the AIM-120. It went from A to B to C and then D and now the evolution of seekers and data linkage has pushed the creation of the AIM-260. Eventually they'll be shooting targets in space.
From my experience with speaking to pros whenever I get a chance, most of them tell me the ideal range is somewhere between 80km - 120km. Over that it's a shot in the dark and many of these guys either fly fighters now or flew them not too long ago.
The SCALP range is modified to be under 300KM.
Yep. All the ones I listed are right at or under 300km due to ITAR regs. CMs are considered offensive weapons which is the primary reason for ITAR's 300km or under limit. But you're 100% right as far as having them for defensive purposes; The old sports adage "a good defense is a good offense".
Egypt certainly needs cruise missiles and ballistic missiles to improve its defence. Do they have any plans to build home made missiles, any ongoing project.
Yes, that's what I mentioned, just that we only have tidbits of info right now and nothing concrete. Egypt is a large partner in
IOC with Saudi, UAE, Qatar and so on developing all types of munitions including CMs.
In the past 2 years, Egypt has been involved with the UAE and its EDGE Group which looks promising. They've already developed the Al Tariq missile and made it operational. It's considered a glide bomb but has all the features of a cruise missile which some of the following variants seem to be headed that way. Both UAE & EAF F-16s and Mirage 2000s have been seen carrying them and even using them in Libya.
Then there's all sorts of tentative JV projects such as BRAHMOS with India and others with Brazil, Serbia etc. Even with Pakistan and Ra'ad if I'm not mistaken. As far as strictly indigenous CMs,
@sami_1 can tell you more about those.
but I asked about long range BVR because as we all know Usa and western nations always restricted Egypt from gaining war winning technologies. Egypt had F16s for decades but Usa never provided them with long range BVR missiles to defend their skies from you know who. Egypt must fight to get the latest technology to defend themselves, they cannot comprise on their defence.
