Egyptian Armed Forces

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@Mamajama any idea how easy/hard it is to equip Mirage 2000-5 with MICAs? Can Egypt wire them without a need to send them over to France?

 

[Mamajama]

@Mamajama any idea how easy/hard it is to equip Mirage 2000-5 with MICAs? Can Egypt wire them without a need to send them over to France?

Going to need French help to code the missile in, but why would you want it? Not worth the cost nor the edge it would gain over just buying more Rafales or MiG-29s for example.

 

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Going to need French help to code the missile in, but why would you want it? Not worth the cost nor the edge it would gain over just buying more Rafales or MiG-29s for example.

That’ll mean over 10 more fighters would be able to gain air superiority over the battlefield; it’ll add to the over 40 MiG-29M2s, 25 Rafales and 30 Su-35s. Furthermore there is chance that Egypt gets to produce MBDA missiles/bombs domestically which would be cheaper and the Mirage would be able to carry.

 

[BON PLAN]

@Mamajama any idea how easy/hard it is to equip Mirage 2000-5 with MICAs? Can Egypt wire them without a need to send them over to France?

The Egyptian M2000 are not -5 or -9. So not possible to easily integrate MICA. MICA need a data link for mid course fine targeting. No such data link on Egyp M2000. The RDM radar of these M2000 can only follow one target...

And these M2000 are old. Not really interesting to upgrade them now. But it is possible.

 

[The SC]

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Umkhonto sale to Egypt falls through as Denel rating downgraded

South African media has reported that the sale of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles by Denel Dynamics has fallen through after the company failed to raise the required...

www.janes.com

@Mamajama :/

 

[Mamajama]

Umkhonto sale to Egypt falls through as Denel rating downgraded

South African media has reported that the sale of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles by Denel Dynamics has fallen through after the company failed to raise the required...

www.janes.com

@Mamajama :/

That's too bad, Denel is done for unless Saudi Arabia or the UAE can somehow rescue them but I don't see it happening.

 

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That's too bad, Denel is done for unless Saudi Arabia or the UAE can somehow rescue them but I don't see it happening.

I wish Egypt can contribute, along with the IMUT owner. South Africa is Egypt’s partner in Africa on many levels; the GERD, IMUT, Denel... I believe Denel can compete well with other companies at least in Africa.
Mind that Egypt could benefit from investing in Denel but the MoD of Egypt is what I consider stupid when it comes to such matters.

 

[Mamajama]

What is your opinion on Sinai 200 armored vehicle? It seems like a BMP-1 or BMP-2 but has 1 less roadwheel so I wonder which chassis it is based on.

 

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What is your opinion on Sinai 200 armored vehicle? It seems like a BMP-1 or BMP-2 but has 1 less roadwheel so I wonder which chassis it is based on.

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It isn’t deployed yet, SD Arabia says that there is a chance we can see it in EDEX 2020. With a capacity of 8 crews, made for amphibious assault and airdrop it can also be provided to the paratroopers.

It’s a modified one, pretty much a defensive upgrade to counter ATGMs and RPGs. What I think the army needs is ST-100s because Egypt has had problems with militants on all its land borders, the ST-100 is the really good for the situation nowadays, tested in Egypt and the US for pretty much all types of terrain in the MENA and has good bullet resistance, IED resistance and is capable of having many avionics/weapons including a gun that can be controlled from inside decreasing the risk of exposure to fire. The Sinai 200 excels in amphibious assault only IMO.

 

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Many people conclude that Egypt sends the LNA vehicles through airbases as satellite imagery show transport planes in Habata AB & Uthman AB (both close to the border w/Libya), however, these airbases were often unused and were not capable of hosting F-16s, Mirage 2000s, MiG-29M2s etc...
Satellite Imageries of Uthman AB on August 26th;

On an earlier date;

Habata;

All in all, it’s not wise to say that Egypt is flying transport planes to these airbases to ‘arm’ the HoR and the LNA. These airframes need to be maintained and have reserves of everything. Pods, fuel tanks, bombs, missiles & spares.

 

[The SC]

 

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I was just going to post that Photo. Its apprantly part of a second batch of 5 planes due to be delivered to Cairo, they have numbers of 9215 to 9219 compared to the previous batch that have number 9210-9214. So now there are a total of 10 SU-35s in Egypt's Inventory.

 

[Abdelrahman]

It was said that Egypt will receive ~22 SU-35s before the end of 2020. I think we will start watching them on the Egyptian soil by coincidence just like what happened with the Migs and Ka-52s. Egypt does not officially announce any deal with Russia which is a little bit strange compared to what happens with France, Germany or Italy for example.

 

[Abdelrahman]