Egypt signs $2 billion deal for 50 MiG-35 fighter jets from Russia

[Zarvan]

eygpt had around 200 f16s and 200 potential replcaements needed for mig 21 & f7s/mirage5

it got 20 more f16s..going to get around 36 more rafales and probably another 100 mig 35..this owuld cover its requirements


& range/payload..
mig35 is sure better no doubt
only winning point is cost
electronics probably chinese are better than russians at this stage

This doesn't kill JF-17 not even close. The JF-17 BLOCK III will be game changer for Egypt. It plans to buy it with TOT and also produce lot of its weapons in Egypt. Also Egypt is third biggest user of K-8 Trainer Jets

 

[MystryMan]

old news recycled or is this a new order?

 

[925boy]

My only questions for Egypt - What is Egypt buying all this military equipment for? Egypt has bought soo much military equipment from US already that it promised US it will never use on ISrael(if not, US wouldnt have sold the equipment), so who/what are the real threats facing Egyptian govt that makes it need fighter jets in large #s like this?? Is it all for anti-terrorism?

 

[Code_Geass]

Just how many fighters they need??

 

[Code_Geass]

Just how many fighters they need??

And how can we comapre a dual engine fighter to single engine

 

[Wilhelm II]

Sorry my Pakistani brothers but I learned in pdf that we have many many jf17 marketers here

 

[Shreyas Karambelkar]

My only questions for Egypt - What is Egypt buying all this military equipment for? Egypt has bought soo much military equipment from US already that it promised US it will never use on ISrael(if not, US wouldnt have sold the equipment), so who/what are the real threats facing Egyptian govt that makes it need fighter jets in large #s like this?? Is it all for anti-terrorism?

You may have sold em equipment which are of no use Such as the F-16 with vietnam era sparrows.Meanwhile Israel gets the F-35.Just saying.

 

[Zapper]

Egypt has ordered more Mig 35 jets than even Russian Air Force has. Bravo to their leadership, lol.

Many countries go that route and some aircrafts are specifically designed for export purposes or foreign users since their own AF might be relying on another aircraft as their frontline fighter

China for instance doesn't have any JF-17s in it's AF since J-10 is it's mainstay apart from a ton of other inventory like all the J series including the recent 5th gen J-20/31. India has more Su-30s that Russia and so on. This is feasible with countries like US/China/Russia who've been into frontline fighter jet manufacturing and developed a ton of aircrafts & their variants all along

 

[Malik Alashter]

Im confused because Egypt purchased fifty of them three years ago now this

Have they purchased fifty before and fifty now or it's the same news?

 

[Avicenna]

Im confused because Egypt purchased fifty of them three years ago now this

Have they purchased fifty before and fifty now or it's the same news?

Same news.

Its old.

Also they are not Mig-35 but Mig-29M2.

 

[Shreyas Karambelkar]

Im confused because Egypt purchased fifty of them three years ago now this

Have they purchased fifty before and fifty now or it's the same news?

The earlier order was of mig-29m.

Mi 35 is an excellent fighter but with crappy avionics and air to air missiles it's relevance and lethality are questionable at Best.

Chuckles on crappy avionics part.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

congrats egyptians really needed those. but the question is, will those 50 MIg 35 aircraft be able to counter or balance the power equation with israeli F-35 lightening stealth aircraft? that's the key question here.

 

[Avicenna]

congrats egyptians really needed those. but the question is, will those 50 MIg 35 aircraft be able to counter or balance the power equation with israeli F-35 lightening stealth aircraft? that's the key question here.

Of course the answer is no.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Of course the answer is no.

so Egyptians can be Spanked by Israeliz at any moment of their need, just like lebanon, palistine, syria , iraq and jordan.

 

[Lincoln]

congrats egyptians really needed those. but the question is, will those 50 MIg 35 aircraft be able to counter or balance the power equation with israeli F-35 lightening stealth aircraft? that's the key question here.

Never. The worse thing is the position of Egypt to Israel. Sinai is completely demilitarized, right? So, I don't think the Mig will stand a chance to F-35 on such a range.