Beny Karachun
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At that time, the Israeli air force had the capability to attack cairo at will. The Egyptians wanted to be able to attack Tel Aviv. The only soviet aircraft that could do that was the Tu-22. The Russians wouldn't give that, or anything else with that range,
The mig was a sort range interceptor.
A shell fired from a t-62, from Egypt, couldn't reach Tel Aviv.
This lack of assistance from the Soviets was the reason for the cancellation of the Egyptian/Soviet defence treaty.
I am simply stating what were the views, and reasons, of Sadat.
No, it didn't, Israel could reach Cairo as much as the Arabs could, they even could reach Israel in 1948, how come they cant reach us in 1973?
MiG is a fighter, not interceptor.
T62 was a better tank in overall than ours, equipped with more modern technology such as night vision.
the Russians assisted the Egyptians way more.
A Tu16 could easily reach and destroy a large area of Tel Aviv.