Gomig-21
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Right now is probably the BEST time to jump head first into this specific weapons market. Reason being is that there hasn't been more of an emphasis on navy ship building like it currently is since the years leading up to WWII. From the great battleships of Japan and the US in the Pacific theater to all the Atlantic warships fighting German U-boats and escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease war material for England up to D-Day and on. It's only in the past 15 years or so that we're seeing an entire new generation of frigates and destroyers and LHDs and even aircraft carriers being built on an unprecedented scale. Between China, Germany, France,
the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain etc., the market for a decent CIWS weapon with ship to air missiles could gain huge contracts. I didn't include the US since they use the Phalanx and Sparrows or whatever. Even the French have their naval MICAs but since they build for export, these could find the perfect niche in several of these markets.
Yep, for sure. And it's not necessarily Egypt that one might get the impression I'm strongly insinuating and advocating this for, but there are quite a few countries out there that could use a somewhat universal 100km A2A missile that would give them a chance against robust enemies. Countries like Iraq, Nigeria, Sudan and a few others.
I'm still dying to find out how the EAF was able to integrate those Al Tariqs on their F-16s, even if they're remotely and separately controlled by a pad and not conventionally integrated since we all know how far up countries behinds the US goes to make sure they don't mess with their AC. That certainly was a surprise. With A2A weapons, though, that might not be an adaptable method since you need a lot more hardware to make a successful A2A missile and particularly at BVR distances such as radar, IFF even EW to a certain extent. Wish we knew more about that Sparrow modification, maybe we'll see something about it at EDEX.
And of course cruise missiles. I can just imagine the market out there if Edge could get its cruise missiles on the market. Heck even countries operating fighters with their own CMs would be enticed to add an additional weapon like that to their inventory to increase lethality. Imagine a Raphal or a Typhoon or MiG-29s & Su-30s/35s all able to carry and launch a universal CM. It's just a matter of getting a strong handful produced and marketing would do the rest.
