Egyptian Armed Forces

[The SC]

Definitely, bro. We remember back in the 80's when the only few times we saw them deployed was during Bright Star of the early days. Apparently they only used a handful and some 50 of them are still unpacked. But what gets me the most is the same BS story like the SCALP and how there's this brutal stigma of how these "almost obsolete" drones are dangerous in the hands of Egyptians because they can be used as.....and you know the rest of that story, right? lol. What a shame that even after all this time, we still have to hear this crap.

I'll tell you what, though, maybe it is time to unpack them and work them into seriously lethal drones. They would make amazing kamikaze drones.



I think there's 4 left, bro. But the problem is how difficult this additional contract is becoming to the point where I think it's time to move on from the Rafale. They did so with the FREMM which I think is great and go with the Meko and possibly Italian ships. Just need to show the will that if you can't make it work, you lose it.



Everything is good, bro. Thanks for checking in. Never made it to FLA because there was a bad surge of red tide that would've kept us on land and the only reason we were going there was to drop the boat in the water. But I just got back from Egypt and the ME. Was there for 3 weeks+ and did some diving in Sinai and traveled the region.

Nice to hear back from you Bro..We missed you and your important well thought of posts..

 

[Philip the Arab]

Definitely, bro. We remember back in the 80's when the only few times we saw them deployed was during Bright Star of the early days. Apparently they only used a handful and some 50 of them are still unpacked. But what gets me the most is the same BS story like the SCALP and how there's this brutal stigma of how these "almost obsolete" drones are dangerous in the hands of Egyptians because they can be used as.....and you know the rest of that story, right? lol. What a shame that even after all this time, we still have to hear this crap.

I'll tell you what, though, maybe it is time to unpack them and work them into seriously lethal drones. They would make amazing kamikaze drones.



I think there's 4 left, bro. But the problem is how difficult this additional contract is becoming to the point where I think it's time to move on from the Rafale. They did so with the FREMM which I think is great and go with the Meko and possibly Italian ships. Just need to show the will that if you can't make it work, you lose it.



Everything is good, bro. Thanks for checking in. Never made it to FLA because there was a bad surge of red tide that would've kept us on land and the only reason we were going there was to drop the boat in the water. But I just got back from Egypt and the ME. Was there for 3 weeks+ and did some diving in Sinai and traveled the region.

I think a cheaper kamikaze drone could work with an electric motor powering a turboprop with a small payload of about 1-2 pounds of high explosive. Maybe 3-4 feet long that can be launched from a pneumatic catapult with a range of 30-40 miles. I'm not sure how realistic and how much it wold cost per unit but I'm sure Egypt could do it at a much cheaper cost than the above you described.

 

[Vergennes]

It is reported a Rafale of the Egyptian air force crashed today,the pilot,who was one of the first to be trained in France didn't seem to survive. If true,may he RIP. Waiting for more details.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1089959349756272642

 

[The SC]

It is reported a Rafale of the Egyptian air force crashed today,the pilot,who was one of the first to be trained in France didn't seem to survive. If true,may he RIP. Waiting for more details.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1089959349756272642

There are no official comments yet.. if a Rafale was crashed they would have announced it immediately.. just like they did with the Mig-35..
RIP to the pilot anyway..

 

[The SC]

@Gomig-21

Macron said during his visit to Egypt that France has delivered 23 Rafales to EAF..only one left from the initial contract..

 

[The SC]

 

[The SC]

Sorry but this army is defenseless and weak! Wanna know why 1. 100% of the weapons are imported 2. This army is being build to kill its own people 3. it serves the current need of a secret favorite that the muslims hate but not its people that's for sure 4. it has a big budget but spends it for useless weapons in bonanzas instead of the required armaments it needs 5. last but not least it is not ready for a single fight

You made ma laugh a lot.. so let's agree to disagree here on all those 5 points..

 

[aziqbal]

looks great but can they open Rafah crossing without Israeli permission ?

 

[Ceylal]

looks great but can they open Rafah crossing without Israeli permission ?

The minute the picture was taken, the duds go back to their original box...and to the warehouse...
Rafah is Israeli controlled...The Egyptian are Just workers manning the crossing.

 

[Gomig-21]

I think a cheaper kamikaze drone could work with an electric motor powering a turboprop with a small payload of about 1-2 pounds of high explosive. Maybe 3-4 feet long that can be launched from a pneumatic catapult with a range of 30-40 miles. I'm not sure how realistic and how much it wold cost per unit but I'm sure Egypt could do it at a much cheaper cost than the above you described.

Yes and no. You make a good point about the cost and all that, but the point I was making is that those Scarabs were delivered in the mid-late 80's, approximately 56 units. They've only used 3 or 4 of them and the rest are not even unpackaged and are actually stored away in their boxes. The history behind these Teledyne drones is that they were approached with the project for the US military and for some reason or another (political and militarily) the Pentagon was already pushing for General Atomics' Predator B-001 program and really didn't want to go anywhere with this Scarab drone for that reason. But instead of pulling the plug, the Egyptian army was pushing for a drone because at the time of the peace treat, satelite and radars and particularly surveillance on Sinai was not as advanced as it is today, and we were looking for something with tremendous range to cover the peninisula. And so Congress gave the contract to Teledyne for these Scarabs to the Egyptian military.

So by the time they were delivered, the Egyptian army had already invested in its satelite and surveillance program and was already monitoring all of Sinai and these drones were nothing but a backup, hence why they stayed in their packages.

So now, with a relatively stealthy design (even by today's standards), and being accused by so many of the anti-Egyptian evil empire out there of needlessly possessing these dangerous weapons, we might as well make good use of them in a non-UAV/UCAV manner since that department has been taken care of also with many different drones, including the Wing Loong.

looks great but can they open Rafah crossing without Israeli permission ?

What makes you think we need Israeli permission? Educate me, please. I'd like to hear this. You came here and threw mud in our faces, so let's see if you actually know what you're talking about. Show me some proof that suggests we need Israel's permission to open a border between our country and the Palestinian strip. I'll be waiting.

 

[Harpcore_lover]

Does Egypt Have patriots, I checked a site or two and both said that Egypt has like 5 batteries of a long range patriot system, 4 batteries were bought for 1.2 billion usd.

 

[mekawy]

Does Egypt Have patriots, I checked a site or two and both said that Egypt has like 5 batteries of a long range patriot system, 4 batteries were bought for 1.2 billion usd.

no, Egypt doesn't have any patriots despite many us resources said Egypt have

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Egypt mirage-2000 takes part in sainai operations

 

[Harpcore_lover]

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no, Egypt doesn't have any patriots despite many us resources said Egypt have

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Egypt mirage-2000 takes part in sainai operations

Have got another source that mentioned that we bought 32 batteries in 1999 for a couple billion dollars.
In 1999, Egypt acquired 32 Patriot-3 (MIM-104-F/PAC-3) missile systems from the United States for $1.3 billion. [12] The PAC-3 is a highly-maneuverable hit-to-kill missile designed to defend against short and medium-range ballistic missiles.

 

[Philip the Arab]

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Have got another source that mentioned that we bought 32 batteries in 1999 for a couple billion dollars.
In 1999, Egypt acquired 32 Patriot-3 (MIM-104-F/PAC-3) missile systems from the United States for $1.3 billion. [12] The PAC-3 is a highly-maneuverable hit-to-kill missile designed to defend against short and medium-range ballistic missiles.

I mean Egypt has the S-300VM so they are well prepared but in a war with Israel however unlikely you can bet your bottom dollar these will be top priority and must be defended by many other smaller SAM systems like the Iris-T, Buk, Hawk but even then somehow I think Israel would break through.

 

[Harpcore_lover]

I mean Egypt has the S-300VM so they are well prepared but in a war with Israel however unlikely you can bet your bottom dollar these will be top priority and must be defended by many other smaller SAM systems like the Iris-T, Buk, Hawk but even then somehow I think Israel would break through.

Isreal adds fuel tanks to their f-35s which lowers the stealthiness of the jet.
Isreal can penetrate the defences but at what cost? And Are they willing to sustain it?