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Is Umkhonto missile coming with it? Denel seems to be collapsing so this option may come off the table.
Why is that? Are you South African? If so can you tell us what is happening to Denel? Egypt should buy shares in Denel if so, it’ll help the Defence Industry in Egypt and I’m sure there is a good chance now that there is a global economic crisis...
Well I am not South African but I know South Africans that came to Germany to work here in various defense companies like Diehl that formerly worked at Denel and they have told me the situation is not good. They can't pay salaries and many senior employees are quitting and moving to countries like the UAE and EU nations. Well, I assume they must be willing to sell shares know that their situation is much more dire than what it was when the Saudi wanted to buy it in 2018.
Thanks for that information. It’s sad that Denel has such problems, I think Denel could and should be nationalized (at least partially).
Obsolete technology ship, but with the Thales upgrade it increases lethality.
And also, I know some Serb veterans living in Germany who I discuss the tactics in the war with NATO with and they say that the TPS-63 and TPS-70 in service with the Serbs was much better then Soviet radars at just about everything and without it they would have had a severe disadvantage. It had better electronic warfare methods against HARM and ALARM missile and easier and safer operation.I don't think they look anything alike whatsoever. The radar planes are completely different designs.
This is the American TPS-63 radar in its tactical setting:
And this is the Egyptian designed and built ESR-32A:
The concept of a radar with its own systems booth as part of the entire unit is a common design because of its practicality in that it can be towed or placed on top of a trailer and trailered to a desirable spot etc. So that's not a big deal at all. As a matter of fact, I don't think the Egyptian system has it's own wheels and trailer hitch so it can be towed and can only be transported on a trailer. So between that and the completely different shape of the radar dish itself, I wouldn't say they're anything close to a copy let a lone "refurbished"!!!! Sorry but that's crazy.
Look what China has done from wheeled chassis to fighter jets to transport planes. They did whatever it took to start their own domestic military development and indigenous program and practically reverse-engineered every single thing out there. So even if it was a reverse-engineered or "refurbished" item, it wouldn't bother me one bit because you do what you can to get ahead. The problem is, here, is that it's not reverse engineered nor refurbished and I think that's a rather unfair statement. If anything, the concept might be imitated but that's about it.
I came and I saw, I am not involved in other threads for that reason.
