Egyptian Armed Forces

Salahuddin Ayyubi · Jun 21, 2017

The SC said:
It is quite simple..Egypt didn't buy any weapon systems from its budget for the last 25 years or so, it was using the $1.3 billion of US military aid for procurements from the US.. So some part of the $5 billion budget was saved all this time..let say just $1 billion a year.. that makes it $25 billion in the last 25 years and this is a minimum.. That is why Egypt can afford still more advanced weapons that this recent deals.. there are SU-35s in the pipeline as well as another Fremm frigate, some (at least)12 more Rafale, 2 more Gowind corvettes, S-400 and much more..

Thank you for taking the time to educating me. Really appreciate it.

Ceylal · Jun 22, 2017

Salahuddin Ayyubi said:
Can a knowledgeable user in this forum educate me on a question that I had. As far as I know. Egyptian armed forces have a budget of around $5 billion plus the $1.3 billion from US in the form of aid. How can Egypt's army afford all of these purchases with the budget that they have? I'm quite curious and would very much appreciate the answers, Thank you.

Sissi sold the 2 isles to the Sauds for $9B..Israel was compensated to...and is planning to build her own canal from the Red Sea to the Med, which de facto put the ringer on the Suez Canal...

HannibalBarca · Jun 22, 2017

Ceylal said:
Sissi sold the 2 isles to the Sauds for $9B..Israel was compensated to...and is planning to build her own canal from the Red Sea to the Med, which de facto put the ringer on the Suez Canal...

Well history is a little different... thos island were a century back under KSA rule, but with conflicts and so on... KSA gave it to egypt for whatever reason, thinking she will take it back later... that's the core of conflict...

as for Israel suez canal 2.0... not happening... or she gonna need to invade gaza and dig all those mountains in the south and spend few dozens of hundreds billions $... ( and spend at least 20-25 years od work...) and then get Egypt as an enemy again... Not a wise move if they want to keep playing in peace in the region...

the thing with this deal... it will give Israel better move in the red sea...since it will be a "better road" in international water btw ksa and egypt now...

The SC · Jun 22, 2017

Amun · Jun 22, 2017

HannibalBarca said:
Well history is a little different... thos island were a century back under KSA rule, but with conflicts and so on... KSA gave it to egypt for whatever reason, thinking she will take it back later... that's the core of conflict...

as for Israel suez canal 2.0... not happening... or she gonna need to invade gaza and dig all those mountains in the south and spend few dozens of hundreds billions $... ( and spend at least 20-25 years od work...) and then get Egypt as an enemy again... Not a wise move if they want to keep playing in peace in the region...

the thing with this deal... it will give Israel better move in the red sea...since it will be a "better road" in international water btw ksa and egypt now...

I agree with you ..... overall except about being international free water.....
You have to know that 2 wars was mainly about this water way between the islands and the main land......56 and 67 wars.
Knowing that in 56 and after 73 war between Egypt and Israel, there is an agreement that this water is international water with freedom of navigation..... So nothing changed in this point.