US will always make sure Egypt remains dependent, constrained and restricted. US will always put restrictions and will always give it obsolete / small range weapons. US do not give permission for Egypt to advance its Ballistic / Cruise missile program. Other countries of the region like Israel, Turkey have gone far ahead. Even Iran's long range strike capabilities have improved significantly in last 10-15 years. Egypt cannot hit Telaviv like Iran can. Egypt can break this barriers only if Egypt stop fullfilling US wishes & commands. Egyptian leadership needs to take independent approach and have to advance its own missile program and strike options. Egypt should buy J-10C/ pl-15s to stand a chance against Israel. Can also buy Fatah-2 GMLRS by GIDS Pakistan (400 km range). Should also start producing it in-house with ToT. Any weapons from US will NOT WORK or CANNOT be used against Israel ever. US ensures Israel remains at upper hand and superior to Egypt. US ensures everybody in region remains below Israel. This can be changed, only if Egypt and others stop following US. Build weapons in-house or buy from East (China). That's only way for independence & success.
The Chinese vision is not always correct for various reasons, but rather in accordance with their own interests.
Egypt has always rejected American demands, such as the displacement of Palestinians, free passage through the Suez Canal, participation in the bombing of Yemen, the fragmentation of Somalia and Sudan, and American plans in Libya.
Militarily, Egypt refuses to disclose its diverse and multifaceted missile program.
There has been cooperation with China through licensing the production of the DF-15 missile since 2012.
And since 2014, there has been a license to produce the DF-12/M20 missile in all versions, such as the CM-401 and even the CM-302, as an alternative to the locally produced HY-4 missile.
The A200/300 and WS-2D artillery rocket systems have been in operation since 2016.
Pakistan obtained the technology for the Fateh missile from Iran.
Regarding Egypt's missile program, India is focusing on Indian engines, which provide a speed of Mach 8 for upgraded Egyptian versions.
The Egyptian missile program is older than the Iranian and North Korean ones, in fact. Egypt transferred carbon-carbon technology for the Condor missile to China in 1992 in exchange for Egypt receiving the first batch of DF-15A missiles. At that time, the Egyptian ballistic missile components and systems industry was a large and complex program involving Serbia, Greece, and even the Turks, and indirectly, the French and Germans. There are also undisclosed cooperation programs with Pakistan to reduce weapons production costs, and the same program exists with Iran in the fields of missiles and drones.
The Chinese articles may be fundamentally misleading because it is beneficial for Egypt not to announce its true presence.
The story of the American fighters: The Chinese clarified matters that everyone denied when I was talking about them: the Americans overlooked the source code and the Egyptians hacked the radar of the F-16 fighters.
Every arms supplier blames the Egyptians for the failure of their contracts.
For example, the Americans threatened to impose sanctions on Egypt regarding the SU-35 deal, but in reality, the Russians have been testing the MIG-29M with an AESA radar for several weeks, and the Russian technology Modest.
If the Russians succeed, the Egyptians could request more MiG-35s if the engine is upgraded, fuel consumption increases, and an electronic warfare version is developed.
The Egyptians are also interested in the SU-57. Even if the Russians develop the SU-35, they will meet Egyptian demands and resolve their problems. The Russians lack the capacity to develop their own fighters, so Egypt is also using them as a bargaining chip against China. They want the Chinese to provide flexibility with the PL-15 missile by producing it locally. Therefore, Egypt has been putting India's offer to license the Astra missile from Egypt, and even Egypt's request for the R-77M missile before the Chinese.
Cooperation with China is also inevitable because Egypt wants the Y-20 in both transport and tanker versions, and there is no alternative.
The same applies to the early warning aircraft.
The story of the J-10C aircraft's denial of a contract or delivery is unpalatable because Egypt has not provided an alternative. Even purchasing an additional batch of French Rafale fighters will not be sufficient.
The Egyptians are very keen on cooperating with India. In fact, we criticize the Egyptian regime for using Indian software in Egyptian banks, which poses a threat to the regime. The Egyptian bank therefore sees the Indians as nothing more than a supplier of subsystems due to their alliance with Israel and America against Muslims.
The US side is training to strike the Chinese HQ-16 systems.
The Egyptians are also wary of the Pakistanis because the Americans are easy to seduce. We have previous experience with Ukraine. With the fall of the Ukrainian regime at the hands of American agents in 2014, the Ukrainians shared secrets of their military cooperation programs with the Egyptians, which has hindered cooperation programs with Ukraine to date.
Regarding the PL-15 missile, it is believed that its program has been completed. Even the new Chinese military attaché, with the rank of major general, appointed to Egypt, is dedicated to raising the level of extensive military cooperation with Egypt. Cooperation programs between Egypt and China are extensive and cannot be abandoned because there is no alternative.
Even if the United States provided Egypt with APG-83 radars at a low price and AIM-120D3 missiles, Egypt would not benefit greatly. The F-16 fleet is past its prime, and one of the reasons for rejecting American development programs is the high cost.
There are also other matters beyond the scope of narrow statements and calculations. The FA-50 project for Egypt to acquire 109 The aircraft was completely cancelled, and the alternative: Egypt requested the development of a new training aircraft with the French, which means that even assuming the project is completed, the aircraft will not appear until after 2030. Simply put, Egypt is keen on maintaining a military balance. The Chinese have stated that the Americans are providing Egypt with intermediate solutions related to the F-16, perhaps ammunition and development programs through intermediary countries such as Korea, Greece, and Turkey. This is because the Americans are keen on the presence of F-16 fighters, which they see as a weakness in the Egyptian Air Force.
Let's come to the story of Gaza. In 2012, the Obama administration supported the Muslim Brotherhood in ruling Egypt in exchange for their acceptance of the displacement of Palestinians, granting Palestine a portion of Sinai, and Egypt's ceding of Halayeb and Shalateen. The Muslim Brotherhood understood what Mubarak had rejected before them. Rather, the first agreement signed between Hamas and Israel was through an agreement written by the Israelis and sent to Egypt to force Hamas to sign. Al-Kantani said that the Americans supported it because we accepted what they wanted, which Mubarak had rejected for 30 years.
The goal of the Gaza war was not to liberate Hamas. Hamas's announcement that the goal was to release some prisoners was an excuse, but rather the only goal was the Indian-Israeli corridor project through the functional Gulf states. The Americans deluded the Saudis and Emiratis into believing that they would lead the Arab states in exchange for marginalizing and weakening the Egyptian state economically, in exchange for Israel's reinstatement as a dominant state through the Indian-Israeli corridor, the David's Causeway, and later the Ben-Gurion Canal, which would pass through Gaza. Thus, the war broke out to displace the Palestinians with Hamas's approval. Any truce has been thwarted because the goal has not been achieved, and Hamas has implicated Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen in the war for the sake of Israeli interests. Therefore, you can now see the Palestinians and the Ahwazis besieging Egyptian embassies to open the crossing for individuals to Palestine for the purpose of displacement under the pretext of food, despite the fact that the commercial crossings, even Rafah, are controlled on the Palestinian side by Israelis, and extend to a depth of 100 kilometers. They are agents of Israel and its schemes.
Because Egypt is aware of the schemes, it has struck the Indian-Israeli corridor with Egyptian land trade corridors via railways, with $23 billion projects for a fast electricity grid linking eastern and western Egypt, and the establishment and expansion of the ports of Takaba, Sharm el-Sheikh, and Arish, in exchange for the bankruptcy of the port of Eilat.
The same story: the production of green hydrogen in Egypt is less expensive than in the Gulf, and the establishment of huge wind and solar energy stations with a large expansion, with most of the Gulf-Israeli competition losing.
Egypt is also helping Iran militarily, because Israel's plans to fragment Iran are not in Egypt's interest. It will transfer terrorists from Central Asia to the countries. The new Iranian regime will be an agent of Israel. Therefore, when information emerges that Egypt is supporting the Iranian air defense by the Israelis and that there is extensive military cooperation with Iran, because there are vested interests between Egypt and Iran, and it is the same story with the Turks,
Israel is aiming to start a war with Iran, and Egypt is fully aware of this. Therefore, supporting Iran against Israel and the functional Gulf states is in Egypt's interest. First, thwart all alliances targeting the Egyptian economy, because Egypt has provided everyone with alternatives to the Gulf and Ethiopia. However, their alliance with Israel is stronger because the ruling regimes rely on America's approval. Therefore, Egypt is the one that stands in the way of all these schemes.
Why is Egypt fighting Israel? Egypt's goal is to turn Israel into a failed project, and eliminating Israel requires international circumstances, such as a European-Russian war and an economic collapse. The American economy makes Israel insolvent, and Israel finds no one to support it now. All we want is to exhaust Israel to turn all their wars into high-profile ones and economic collapse. Therefore, Egypt is satisfied with striking Yemen, even if it means economic losses to the Suez Canal. And Iran's strike against Israel restricts Egypt. You are exhausting your enemy without One shot.
Egypt's weakness lies in internal corruption and the marginalization of the people and the civilian sector at the expense of military gangs whose interests lie in their own, not national, ones. Therefore, they do not implement large-scale domestic military development programs under the pretext of a lack of funding. Rather, economic weakness is caused by a fight against the private sector, which is the reason for the collapse of the Egyptian operation. Therefore, even the requirements of war, such as preventing Israel, require internal matters to strengthen the internal front.
The Gaza problem is global and Islamic. Where is the role of Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and all the Islamic countries? Criticizing Egyptians only serves the interests of Israel and America.
Egypt has been aware of the course of global conflicts since the beginning. It refused to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition because it was working on war plans in the Middle East. This is also one of the factors that anger Americans toward Egypt. They are against them all the time, with a smile, and they say they want to cooperate with the Americans.
