Well, I'm sorry to say, but that is not what you said. You said this:
Having "the stomach for war in any real way" is a far cry from changing an inherent 80-year, defensive military doctrine & culture that has seen 4+ wars including the last one in 1973 that not only changed just the entire course of tank warfare tactics in the Middle East, but around the world. And to suggest it should emulate a militia that incorporates guerilla tactics as its primary methods of warfare is so absurd and insulting on such a level that I refuse to believe that was your intention. Because of how blatant that was.
The Egyptian army's dedicates a tremendous amount of training, resources and personnel to special operations forces in the army which include separate SOFs units, the paratrooper's corps, the navy corps and even within the mechanized & engineering corps. Not to mention its dedicated counterterrorism, SWAT & police. This is a real army placed in high worldly ranking not a guerilla posse. To suggest that is incomprehensible.
I'll tell you what, the Hezbollah analogy is not even worth touching, but I'll go with the Iran comparison for now since that's much more appropriate in terms of tactics only. But to suggest not having the stomach means you're implying Egypt doesn't have the wherewithal or even just plain will to go to war which is not only absurd to no end, it's insulting on another level.
That aside for now since I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and pretend your intentions were not to insult the willpower of the Egyptian army & people since they're both one and the same and engage you in the tactical elements of your argument.
I said in the beginning of this thread that if the whole idea of going to war against the zionist entity was ever to occur, it would only be in defense of Egypt from a zionist attack, and not the other way around. This is a plain fact. Egypt has no intentions to initiate a fight or an offensive war into Israel and its entire doctrine is predicated on defending the country's lands from invasion by the zionist entity only, since the other threats are minor by comparison. Libya & Sudan pose nothing compared to the zionist who BTW, attacked us twice and stole our dearly beloved Sinai Peninsula in a criminally shameful attempt to expand their territory. Had Egypt not fought back and won in 1973, the roadway to retrieving the entire peninsula would still be untenable just like the Golan Heights are for Syria.
As far as Iran is concerned, I have huge respect for its independent tenacity and resolve to maintain that independence from minimal reliance on the west. And their use of proxies is perfectly fine with me as long as it's intended to keep its enemies from harming it as well as in support of the Palestinian cause, but not for any aggression against Sunis of any nation which is another subject. I only mention it to be precise and cover everything.
Your suggestion of Iran's methods of asymmetrical warfare using proxies is not something that would benefit Egypt whatsoever. And in many ways, one can say it actually does exist to a certain extent with Hamas but it's in a different dynamic than the way Iran benefits from its proxies. So no, that asymmetrical stuff is not for Egypt.
Iran's air force certainly has its limitations as its presently constituted, but I don't buy the notion that it's ineffective or insignificant like many on this board do. The way it's shifted its strength into its drone-making ability and especially its ballistic missiles capability is where I see significant strength that is certainly worthy of emulating, to your point. Egyptian military industry is actually quite active with its drone production.
Other than that, Egypt's defensive posture is quite strong and capable and is only improving every year. What it lacks are potent offensive capabilities and I'm pretty sure the brass realizes that having strong offensive capabilities improves your defensive ones, so that's a must. The modernization of the entire military in just the last 10 years has been out of this world. And its ballistic missile program is completely covert and underground that only the barest of information is available which is a good thing.
I honestly suggest that you and
@arjunk take a skim through this thread
Egyptian Air Defense started by
@The SC it's only 8 pages so far but a treasure trove of Egypt's air defense capabilities including all its radars (
@arjunk , to your point regarding what anti-stealth radars Egypt possesses etc. this will answer all of that and then some) and the EADS is only 1 of the 4 major military branches that make up the Egyptian Armed Forces and hopefully you'll get a better appreciation of how prepared the Egyptian military is to defend itself which goes completely against the implied notion of lack of wherewithal or fortitude. The other 3 branches are covered extensively in the Egyptian Armed Forces thread. Cheers.