Excellent stuff,
@sami_1 . Very enjoyable reading all the details of your posts. I also have a habit of writing long posts lol but I think mine are a bit more boring than yours since I bring mostly technical stuff about certain pictures of certain platforms that some might not know about but most probably do. What you bring is stuff that is as if you are a part of the armed forces and know a lot of the details they are discussing and doing even though you won't let us in on your sources loool. That's ok, you make up for that and then some with the excellent and very reasonable information.
For example, this rather very interesting photo of US F-16 shows them carrying a pair of Russian Kh-31 missiles with the full complement of Russian pylons as well. This is what you call one of the most interesting and incredible integration of a foreign missile on an American f-16 which must also have the proper avionics aspect of the integration in order to fire them accurately since they are precision-guided munitions of the very heavy ordinance type. So what does that say about other countries using separate munitions than US made ones for example on our F-16s?
Kh-31. Despite this one being inert, it's still the basic setup to use it on non-Russian aircraft as we see in the F-16s.
So as
@Ghostkiller astutely pointed out that the US would never allow any country (especially Egypt being such a threat to the Jewish state which is incomprehensible and super disrespectful as I've explained several times before as if the peace treaty we signed way back in 1979 and Egypt has fully adhered to it from not only a military standpoint, but from a full diplomatic and economic points that it outlined including allowing a large contingent of MFO observers on our land in Sinai means absolutely nothing to the Jews and especially the Americans. What disrespect. Why not station all those a$$holes in the Negev? Why the Sinai when we were the ones that were attacked by those Jews TWICE including once by the UK and France) and that isn't enough to allow the F-16s they supplied to the EAF to have the basic, first class avionics as well as some of the latest medium range missiles in order to have some decent BVR capability and deterrent besides the AIM-7 Sparrow as we don't know if those are the types that have been modified to shoot and forget like the US Navy uses, or if they still are the older style where the pilot or WSO has to constantly illuminate the target until the missile reaches close enough to detonate using its close proximity fuse, making it about as vulnerable for return fire without a question. If it's the former, then that's great! It's almost the equivalent as the AIM-120 C or thereabouts. But if it's the Vietnam era Sparrows, then that's such a brutal insult from the US to Egypt and the EAF MUST seek alternatives whether the Americans like it or not. And one of them is something exactly what we see in the picture you posted above.
They should have a VERY SERIOUS MEETING and have the head of the Egyptian Armu stand up in front of the US military representatives and rip the peace treaty binder in half, throw it into a large brass bowl and light it on fire. Then explain to all those disrespectful American representatives that this is how we feel about the document since you, the US completely disrespect is to no avail, and we've had enough. Not only are you holding back on the F-16 being mediocre at best, but you refuse to perform the Viper upgrade and don't want to supply us with the latest or second to latest BVR missiles and so why should we continue out relationship when you treat us with such filthy disrespect. Boy that would clearly send the message and most definitely don't EVER bring up the useless F-15s as if you're going to give us a birthday cake without candles.
Also, there are 17 Su-35SEs in our hangars already and we will be receiving the rest of them and will be putting them to use immediately and if you wish to impose CAATSA on one of your BEST Middle East allies because we wish to improve our air force and you are only catering to the chicken sh*t Jew state by truing to prevent that, well, we are prepared for any consequences since the last thing on our minds is to have anything to do with those Palestinian-killing thugs and are only interested in improving our self defense capabilities with all these acquisitions which you have NOTHING compared to the veritable Su-35SE, not even the lousy F-15 that is twice as incapable as our immense fleet of MiG-29s. That's what I would tell them at this point along with my famous KICK ROCKS on your way out the door,
Get the contract with China for the veritable BVR super medium to long range missile and with the Chinese-built interchangeable pylon that can be used on any aircraft and any munition out in the market and put them together while informing the US that is exactly what they will be doing because of their refusal to allow Egypt to obtain the AIM-120C-7 at least and if the US has a problem with that, then Egypt needs to stick to its guns and take the threats from the US to prove the point.
@The SC posted a great thread on that Chinese interchangeable pylon that works with eastern & western aircraft and munitions that was very informative like all the material he brings. So this might be exactly what the EAF will be doing with the PL-15 and mount them on the F-16.
The other factor that we might not be aware of is that perhaps the US has given the EAF permission to install foreign munitions on a certain batch of its F-16s only because it doesn't wish to supply it with the AMRAAM because of previous 3rd party violations and that is exactly what the EAF is doing in this case. Instead of going out and begging for the Meteor (which I think we all know those days are OVER, there is no more begging of any kind and not that there ever was, but you get my point in that the first time they ask for a certain munition or platform --F-35-- and they get denied, they don't keep pushing the issue and immediately move on which is EXACTLY what the EAF did with the F-35. The minute it was refused. the next day the EAF approached the French and Dassault for the procurement of 24 Rafales, 8 EM single seater and 14 DM dual seater with the full complement of munitions from both types of MICA A2A missiles, both size AASM HAMMER PGMs and a full count of 50 SCALP cruise missiles and the French obliged.
Some don't realize that because of this deal with Egypt and the Rafales, it not only opened the door for Dassault to end up selling the Rafale to many other countries and militaries that could afford it, but it actually BACKFIRED on the US for refusing to sell the F-35 to at least some of these countries that the US really had no reason at all to refuse it to. So, Egypt kicked the door wide open and at the same time has allowed the F-35 to have serious competition in sales. This was nothing short of brilliance by the EAF as you know they were already prepared to deal with Dassault and had all their needed meetings, agreements and necessary paperwork ready so that as soon as the F-35 refusal letter arrived, the EAF chief at the time immediately picked up the phone and called Dassault and made the arrangements for the Rafale deal to happen. Many don't know that, but this is a great example of the brilliant work by the EAF
military personnel to start the great modernization of the EAF along with introducing BVR missiles from France and then later came Russia with the 46 MiG-29M/M2s and the wicked wide variety of weapons those came with including the R-77 and the high boresight R-73 which is a HUGE asset for close dogfighting.
Also, this could be specifically for the MiG-29M/M2. Since it appears the EAF bought a batch of the R-77 with a max range of 80km and for some reason did not purchase the R-77-1 or RVVSD with a max range of 180km and a huge NEZ (I still don't understand why maybe
@sami_1 can explain that strange decision that perhaps the cost the Russians wanted was exorbitant) hence they passed for now and figured they would get a much better deal on a large batch with the acquisition of the Su-35?
Either way, with ToT on this incredible missile from China, not only will it replace the option of purchasing the RVVSD from Russia, but will also give the Egyptian military contingent tasked with making the deals for the Rafales and the possible 24 Eurofighter Typhoons that if we're paying 200,000 million Euros for each Typhoon, and Italy will not be able to supply the AIM-120 of course and maybe not even the meteor for obvious reasons, that in order to fulfil such a huge deal now and then add to the aircraft with another future order or insist on an option for 12 to 24 more like the Rafale deal, then the contract for the Typhoons MUST ALLOW the EAF to incorporate its own A2A missiles without any resistance from any of the 4 conglomerates responsible for the creation and approval of sales of the Typhoon. If that's the case, that would be tremendous to see Egypt not only build the missiles itself with small help from China and be able to mount them on the MiG-29M/M2s but also the Typhoons and maybe the Rafales and by the grace of Allah somehow the US agrees to allow them on at least the block 52s, that would be incredible! Sorry, another long post!
BTW, this is excellent news! Great choice by the EAF despite the US element but I do prefer to see the EAF deal with many other possibilities for munitions than being stuck with just US ones or in the case of the Tejas (which I really thought was going to win the LIFT competition and glad it didn't even though I am super impressed with what the Indians have done with that aircraft and we could've learned A LOT from them and that ToT) but sorry to say, that aircraft is ingested with Israeli punk junk baloney poney that would;ve created a lot more headaches than this KA-50 Golden Eagle from the excellent precision performers in the South Koreans, Maybe we can collaborate of other things with the Indians that are not infested with Israeli crap and that we know even if the Indians ratted us out to the Israelis that it wouldn't matter if we can make adjustments.
They even look great!
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