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China said to be negotiating yuan-based arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Sounds like the Egyptians and Saudis are signaling the US to pay attention.
 
They don't, this is why I have bn saying they are wasting their money on these jets.
100 Rafales is quite a lot - are they to start replacing the F16s ? ( i hope they come with Meteor missiles ... ).

For a country with zero enemies/weak enemies Egypt sure spend a lot of money on military hardware
When you are in a hot region where in any moment a war can start. It is for multiple reason like to modernize the armed forces but also to keep equal with your surrounding countries (Israel is still our enemy, we have intense tensions with Turkey). We bought Rafales because we didn't have a long distanced aircraft
 
We bought Rafales because we didn't have a long distanced aircraft

According to this article Egypt will not get meteor with their order of 30 extra Rafales.
 
According to this article Egypt will not get meteor with their order of 30 extra Rafales.

"The Meteor programme partners include France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and the missile has been sold to Brazil, Egypt, Greece, India, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea."
 
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