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That will be like suicide for Turkey.. according to the current sanctions and circumstances..
Algeria has already a good number of SU-27 and SU-30.. and in fact.. not economically capable with the last events and low Oil prices! SU-35 won't add much.. they are waiting for the SU-57.. as well as Egypt.. Russia just started the mass production of the SU-57 a few days back..
So the only logical Foreign customer IMHO..would be Egypt..Most likely since the F-16 suggested upgrade by the US won't go further than the block-52 to be upgraded in Greece or Italy....

It could be a likely possibility tho. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

 

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It could be a likely possibility tho. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

For sure.. The numbers will be very good.. 64 SU-35s add to them another 50 Mig-35s to make it a 100 Mig-35s with the new AESA and the most important missiles and you have a complete, very potent Eastern air force on its own!!! no matter what else happens on the Western side..; still firmly believe the Rafale numbers will be increased to at least 48 in total.. with its Scalp and Meteor already approved and some already delivered for the first batch of 24..

 

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For sure.. The numbers will be very good.. 64 SU-35s add to them another 50 Mig-35s to make it a 100 Mig-35s with the new AESA and the most important missiles and you have a complete, very potent Eastern air force on its own!!! no matter what else happens on the Western side..; still firmly believe the Rafale numbers will be increased to at least 48 in total.. with its Scalp and Meteor already approved and some already delivered for the first batch of 24..

My thoughts are as follows;
Having the Mirage 2000s sold or moved to research facilities where they'd have indigenous tech added to and tested.
Increasing the number of Rafales to the quantity you mentioned, not before the F4 standard is introduced.
If Egypt doesn't to upgrades to Block 70s before 2027 then getting rid by 20%-30% of the F-16s would be the right choice, it'll take an significant efforts to make the US agree to it.
No more MiGs and/or Sukhois, aim for the Su-57 and the S-70 or nEUROn; eyes out for a fighter program that Egypt would be able to join by 2030.

 

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My thoughts are as follows;
Having the Mirage 2000s sold or moved to research facilities where they'd have indigenous tech added to and tested.
Increasing the number of Rafales to the quantity you mentioned, not before the F4 standard is introduced.
If Egypt doesn't to upgrades to Block 70s before 2027 then getting rid by 20%-30% of the F-16s would be the right choice, it'll take an significant efforts to make the US agree to it.
No more MiGs and/or Sukhois, aim for the Su-57 and the S-70 or nEUROn; eyes out for a fighter program that Egypt would be able to join by 2030.

Yes.. still there is a lot of time to wait either for the Rafale F4 or the SU-57.. not before 2028 ..or let's say 2030..Egypt by then want to have a potent armed forces.. and to do that there is only the Mig-35, the SU-35, the Rafale F3R and maybe Typhoon.. they are the top of the 4++..
There is a portion of the F-16s that will be upgraded ..but to what standard.. that is still unknown..also the air-to-air missiles are a big question whatever the upgrade is.. for the rest of the fleet..never think Egypt will get rid of any F-16s.. just remember the Mig-21.. HaHa!

 

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Yes.. still there is a lot of time to wait either for the Rafale F4 or the SU-57.. not before 2028 ..or let's say 2030..Egypt by then want to have a potent armed forces.. and to do that there is only the Mig-35, the SU-35, the Rafale F3R and maybe Typhoon.. they are the top of the 4++..
There is a portion of the F-16s that will be upgraded ..but to what standard.. that is still unknown..also the air-to-air missiles are a big question whatever the upgrade is.. for the rest of the fleet..never think Egypt will get rid of any F-16s.. just remember the Mig-21.. HaHa!

Yeah right, F-16s be used to protect the Western and Southern borders. Egypt should sign anything that would get it's F-16s upgraded to Block 70, we already have a whole Air Force to run by ourselves...

 

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Yeah right, F-16s be used to protect the Western and Southern borders. Egypt should sign anything that would get it's F-16s upgraded to Block 70, we already have a whole Air Force to run by ourselves...

It could be pretty soon where the US while eventually decide to upgrade the F-16s or increase there numbers as it will be of there interest since they may not want Egypt to go too close to China and Russia. It may be a sale that could even include the AIM-120 missiles.

 

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????!!! I dont understand, what makes you think these belong to egypt?

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4111548.html

Here, it is: Строительство истребителей Су-35 (предположительно, самолеты по контракту для Египта, видны борта с серийными номерами 08001 и 08002) на Комсомольском-на-Амуре авиационном заводе имени Ю.А. Гагарина (КнААЗ - филиале ПАО «Компания «Сухой»), Комсомольск-на-Амуре, 12.08.2020 (с) Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
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https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4111548.html

Here, it is: Строительство истребителей Су-35 (предположительно, самолеты по контракту для Египта, видны борта с серийными номерами 08001 и 08002) на Комсомольском-на-Амуре авиационном заводе имени Ю.А. Гагарина (КнААЗ - филиале ПАО «Компания «Сухой»), Комсомольск-на-Амуре, 12.08.2020 (с) Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
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Those numbers are probably production serial numbers, but still it is not convincing to be the total number of aircraft is 64. 30 makes since, but it does not make sense to me why the other 34 aircraft belongs to Egypt.

 

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Those numbers are probably production serial numbers, but still it is not convincing to be the total number of aircraft is 64. 30 makes since, but it does not make sense to me why the other 34 aircraft belongs to Egypt.

20-22 may be to Algeria or 12 to Vietnam

 

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20-22 may be to Algeria or 12 to Vietnam

Algeria has the SU-27 and the SU-30.. its waiting for the SU-35 as it said officially..
The news says 34 for an unknown customer.. it has never been other than Egypt when it said that..
Egypt had announced the deal in 2016 when the national TV channel said 29 SU-X were procured.. now we all know it was SU-35.. 64 of it will make the Egyptian Air force a very tough adversary to deal with.. along with 100 Mig-35 with the new AESA radar.. it makes sense..according to the regional challenges and the presence of the 50+ F-35 and a number of the new F-15 EX in the area.. mostly in the hands of Usrael..
Not mentioning the Rafale that might get as high as 72 fighters.. hence.. the F-16 will be like a secondary air force not the backbone of the EAF.. no matter what upgrades it will go under..except if it is the viper block-70 for 100 or more without any restrictions on weapons and missiles.. a hard thing to believe.. or even imagine

 

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Is Egypt planning to sell its M2Ks? It will be a great opportunity for India to buy Egyptian Mirage 2000s to increase her M2K fleet if Egypt has plans to sell...

 

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Algeria has the SU-27 and the SU-30.. its waiting for the SU-35 as it said officially..
The news says 34 for an unknown customer.. it has never been other than Egypt when it said that..

I think? They offered it to Algeria to replace the Su-30s that weren’t going to have French avionics integrated after the embargo that followed the Crimea Crisis.

Not mentioning the Rafale that might get as high as 72 fighters.. hence.. the F-16 will be like a secondary air force not the backbone of the EAF.. no matter what upgrades it will go under..except if it is the viper block-70 for 100 or more without any restrictions on weapons and missiles.. a hard thing to believe.. or even imagine

They are desperately needed, yet I don’t find it hard anymore. Upgrading ~ 100 Egyptian F-16s to the V standard would be wise from the US. Egypt should also reach France to wire MICAs to them...

Is Egypt planning to sell its M2Ks? It will be a great opportunity for India to buy Egyptian Mirage 2000s to increase her M2K fleet if Egypt has plans to sell...

I think not equipping MICAs on them says a lot about their need as a frontline fighter... yet I think they’ll end up like the J-7s - a second hand fighter incase of severe attrition.

 

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Does anyone have a ‘clean’ image of the Egyptian Paratroopers/Airborne Corps logo? (On a black/white background, and not a photo)

Aside of that, let’s agree this forum would’ve been at around 360 pages if it wasn’t for trolls and haters. Jeez...
There are reports of Egypt locally producing CZ-807 and/or Beretta ARX-160/200, how reliable are they?
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Now, I always wondered, why doesn’t the Egyptian military make full usage of the present capabilities?! Follow;
Egypt locally produce everything in this photo, except the rifle for now. Why doesn’t this be granted to all Egyptian Special Forces? Certainly worth the money since it’s all manufactured locally...

If Egypt can make good AKs why doesn’t Egypt produce them in large numbers to equip 40% of the army while the rest gets Berettas or CZ 807s?

If Egypt can make a good kit why don’t conscripts use it?

 

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Chinese defence giant Poly Technologies has secretly taken a stake in the capital of IMUT, a company set up to deliver locally-built armoured vehicles to the Egyptian army and which is run from Pretoria by American-Egyptian busnessman Michel F. Knight.

 

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Here is what i am talking about, Halcon is a UAE company specialising in precision guided munitions but is hiring a lot of experts to help deveop weapons in collabaration with nationals. Most of these guys worked in missile development in Denel Dynamics.