This is real non-sense from someone pretending to come from one of the oldest civilizations..First that is controversial, since Egypt's monuments have shown to be more than 12 000 years old (let's not get into that!)..Second.. all your post revolves around envy and Jealousy .. because at the end of it it goes back to non-sense again asking Egypt to buy the Ra'ad missile from Pakistan while not thinking about integration on Egyptian systems.. and worst yet, your claim about the shiny "useless" toys that everyone is dying to have, brings up your jealousy up front to be seen clearly.... you know where you can put up your baseless paternalistic suggestions..you are trying to insult other's intelligence..
Thrust of the argument..is that Egypt is a capable nation beyond what you can imagine..And Saudi Arabia has given aid or loans to every Muslim country who needed it in dire circumstances.. Egypt was going through serious turmoil, nothing less than a revolution and a counter-revolution in few years.. Egypt has always had some of the best weapons out there.. even the F-16 already have the BVR missiles.. just not the Amraaams.. so get get you facts right before spewing ignorance ant trying to demean a very powerful nation in the ME..Did Saudi aid to Pakistan and others in Billions free up their military budgets!? Or was it to help sustain their economy?.. Read about the financing of the Pakistani nuclear program and the financing of the aftermath of the tests.. and you might get some Idea on Saudi Arabia's support when and where it is needed the most for most Muslim countries.. Egypt is no exception, as long as its economy was suffering.. now not anymore.. plus huge reserves of gas to be exported.. just this year alone Egypt has freed its economy from $3.5 billion imports of gas .. this is to pay loans (not much left.. and all long term ones) .. but gives and idea on how much Egypt can pour in in its military budget, which in reality is separated from the civilian budget and grows on its own.. I hope that you realise that the West won't give you easily everything you ask for just because you have the money to pay for it.. but in this case the 50 Scalp-EG deal has passed through..the complication came from the delivery time.. and besides that the UAE has 600 of them.. if Egypt needs some it can always get them from there..as simple as that.. the Arabs have always backed each other in war.. so no need to cry about small stuff like this.. but for sure they will be released to Egypt.. it is a matter of short time..So do not jump up and down asking to buy Ra'ad who in fact without the possibility of integration will just be a useless shiny toy in Egypt's arsenal..