But aren't we trying converting the unguided bombs by guided bombs like the Al Tariq bombs series. Maybe we got some ToT from Denel/EDGE or even from India. I wish that we can buy JDAM type of kit like Takbir kit (Pakistan) etc...
The Z-20 is better than the MH-60R Seahawks family
There is a wide scope for wave bombs according to the guidance systems and according to the type of targets used against them. Therefore, you find a diversity in the requirements. It does not mean that there are bombs like Al-Tariq. Bombs such as GBU, SDB bombs, cluster bombs, and AASM bombs are dispensed with, unlike also the prices that differ. It is not normal, for example, a T-55 tank. I hit it with a bomb. AASM costs $400,000
When Egypt manufactured the guidance kits to convert the MARK 80 family of bombs into wave bombs at a low cost, this does not mean that all Egyptian demands were met. For example, JDAM bombs are priced in the range of 30-100 thousand dollars. A guidance piece costs 5 thousand dollars to convert an unguided bomb into something equivalent to JDAM.
The most important point is that having the self-ability to develop bombs means producing improved copies in the destructive capacity of different bombs. Simply, you can produce the GBU-28 bomb and refine it with the same dimensions in newer versions with higher penetration capabilities.
Modern warfare requires many types of armaments. In the aftermath of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russians hit military facilities and factories with cruise missiles and heavy guided veils, the civilian foundation of the state. They hit with light-weight wave bombs or drones with multiple effects and various destructive capabilities.
It is also believed that Egypt manufactures guidance units for JDAM bombs as well
Diversity like the Tariq is also due to the availability of different capabilities and ranges for the bombs, whether in expanding the range instead of 80 kilometers in JDAM-ER to 120 and 200 kilometers in versions of the Tariq.
There remains the importance of bombs penetrating fortifications to hit ammunition and fuel depots and enemy underground installations
There remains a wide scope for development and improvement with the development of means of protection on the counter side
Countries such as South Korea and German companies that fled to South Africa to get away from the restrictions of the German government will not contract with them to set up production lines except after transferring other additional technologies, even if the contract declared is the production of the MARK 80 family, simply because why did he buy from Germany a traditional factory and can be obtained from China has a much lower cost factory without any restrictions
Also, it is not normal for such 54 Rafale aircraft to be purchased without any technical transfer of AASM bombs, because simply the cost of executing strikes with this aircraft is very high, and the economies cannot afford it. Therefore, we find that not only American guided and unguided bombs are used, but also French offers. For some transportation of some ammunition
The French also overlook, for example, the reverse engineering of some of their products in the event that they implement large deals with countries. The French also do not sell real weapons directly, but rather in the operation of the French military industrial complex, in which 300,000 workers previously worked, through the sale of weapons components and even indirect components of weapons. Indonesia produces The French VAB armored vehicles with an Indonesian name, the French VAB 3 armored vehicles and engines, the same thing, the SHERPA armored vehicles, and the French offers to India to produce Caesar guns in India under an Indian name, and to glorify the proportion of Indian components due to the fact that the French aim to export components instead of India developing artillery on its own to compete with it
The issue of guided bombs is old. Simply put, China has been selling guidance kits for many years to countries such as Sudan and Pakistan. Therefore, the West is also forced to allow this because the Chinese alternative exists. Things here are related to competition in the arms market.
What happened today regarding deep-penetration bombs is not recent or a strategic matter. The West is making many releases as a result of the availability of competitors today, China and India, and tomorrow, other countries, especially since Europe has become non-competitive in the arms market with its astronomical prices and depends mainly on providing financial financing to buyers to deny the transactions for fear of Competition from other arms manufacturing countries
Allowing Egypt to meet some requirements is less than it should be. I bought weapons worth 40 billion dollars, and I do not have the techniques to develop a drone by myself, or even to develop a modern, advanced combat rifle that meets the needs of the times. The West does not want Egypt to escape from it, whether through self-development or cooperation with other countries for that period. Next, you will find the West allowing Egypt more weapons as long as the goal is to ensure that Egypt remains a country that does not manufacture weapons, does not compete and is not developed. They want it to remain a market for them in all ways and means. As long as there is no national will to develop, there will be no radical change.
