REFILE-Egypt's Sisi approves deal to buy French Rafale fighters-Le Monde

[DJ Crudept]

REFILE-Egypt's Sisi approves deal to buy French Rafale fighters-Le Monde| News by Country| Reuters

 

[Syrian Lion]

Sisi is on fire with his deals !

Best of luck to Egypt and to the people of Egypt!

 

[Zarvan]

EFILE-Egypt's Sisi approves deal to buy French Rafale fighters-Le Monde
Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:51am GMT

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PARIS/CAIRO Feb 10 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved the purchase of 24 Rafale fighters, a Fremm frigate and MBDA missiles from France in a deal worth more than 5 billion euros ($5.64 billion), Le Monde newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The arms contract could be officially signed on Wednesday or Thursday, Le Monde reported without saying where it obtained the information.

Officials from Egypt's army and the presidency could not immediately be reached for comment. A French government official also declined comment.

Dassault Aviation, which builds the Rafale, declined to comment. This would be the first export deal for the fighter jet.

Laurent Collet-Billon, the head of France's DGA defence procurement agency, said on Monday that he was "relatively optimistic" of securing a deal to sell arms to Egypt including Rafales.

The Fremm frigate is built by state-controlled DCNS, which is 35 percent owned by defence electronics group Thales . MBDA is a joint venture of Airbus Group, BAE Systems and Finmeccanica. ($1 = 0.8864 euros) (Reporting by Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier in Paris and Shadi Bushra in Cairo)



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REFILE-Egypt's Sisi approves deal to buy French Rafale fighters-Le Monde| News by Country| Reuters
@Frogman Congrats but it says only one Fremm Frigate ? Why ?

 

[DJ Crudept]

I heard that Egypt want to buy 2 FREMMs

 

[Gabriel92]

I heard that Egypt want to buy 2 FREMMs

They wanted to buy 2 FREMMs,but right now,1.

 

[Wasteland]

I heard that Egypt want to buy 2 FREMMs

Only 1 FREMM is ready to be delivered within 6 months, the second FREMM will be bought in the second phase of the deal, along with an additional 24 RAFALE, for a total of 48.

And, for everyone complaining about the price, the price includes MICA, SCALP Naval/Aerial cruise missiles and AASM.

 

[Ceylal]

Only 1 FREMM is ready to be delivered within 6 months, the second FREMM will be bought in the second phase of the deal, along with an additional 24 RAFALE, for a total of 48.

And, for everyone complaining about the price, the price includes MICA, SCALP Naval/Aerial cruise missiles and AASM.

Export version only, like the shahine already in the GCC arsenal...But all in all , it the best weapon system that Egypt has ever had in her arsenal without diminishing the capability she has now in combating ISIS in her western borders and keep the Houtis at bay from interferring in sea navigation in the golf of Aden or imperil the work on the new channel being contemplated by Egypt.

 

[flamer84]

Only 1 FREMM is ready to be delivered within 6 months, the second FREMM will be bought in the second phase of the deal, along with an additional 24 RAFALE, for a total of 48.

And, for everyone complaining about the price, the price includes MICA, SCALP Naval/Aerial cruise missiles and AASM.

No SCALP Naval as it seems.Makes sense as that is a 1000km range cruise missile.

 

[Wasteland]

No SCALP Naval as it seems.Makes sense as that is a 1000km range cruise missile.

That's not my business, go ask latribune, and many other sources that mentioned the deal includes 1.1 billion Euros for SCALP Naval, MICA, Aster-15, AASM

Rafale en Egypte : signature en fin de semaine ?

 

[flamer84]

That's not my business, go ask latribune, and many other sources that mentioned the deal includes 1.1 billion Euros for SCALP Naval, MICA, Aster-15, AASM

Rafale en Egypte : signature en fin de semaine ?

It wouldn't be the first time journalists are wrong.They are bound by treaty not to export those outside the cercle of NATO allies .

@Penguin

 

[Ceylal]

That's not my business, go ask latribune, and many other sources that mentioned the deal includes 1.1 billion Euros for SCALP Naval, MICA, Aster-15, AASM

Rafale en Egypte : signature en fin de semaine ?

No way jose! Transfer of such arms are strictly regulated . If that the case, Israel would have put pressure on France (which is subjugated to them more than she was under Sarkozy) and killed the deal. And don't think they will have a free use of their Rafale, Israel still dictate what can be sold and what of the list in ant arm transfer in the ME region.

 

[Frogman]

It wouldn't be the first time journalists are wrong.They are bound by treaty not to export those outside the cercle of NATO allies .

@Penguin

Most likely a 300km export version.

 

[flamer84]

Most likely a 300km export version.

Yes,that is very likely as they did the same with Storm Shadow.

 

[Gabriel92]

No SCALP Naval as it seems.Makes sense as that is a 1000km range cruise missile.

Yes,there will not be SCALP Naval for Egypt.
By the way,we will remove the capacity of the Fremm Normandie (Thay will become Egyptian) to fire cruise missiles.

 

[The SC]

Only 1 FREMM is ready to be delivered within 6 months, the second FREMM will be bought in the second phase of the deal, along with an additional 24 RAFALE, for a total of 48.

And, for everyone complaining about the price, the price includes MICA, SCALP Naval/Aerial cruise missiles and AASM.

That is right, and METEOR is included too...