Posted on 12/07/2012 3:11:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind
For Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government, more battle tanks and jet fighters are on their way from the United States.
Cairos military link to Washington has remained intact, meaning the U.S. will continue to modernize the biggest military in Africa even as President Mohammed Morsi has decreed near-absolute power for himself and his supporters and opponents battle outside his palace.
Analysts say Egypts military buildup presents risks for Washington and Israel with the growing influence of the Brotherhood, whose overriding goal is to establish Shariah, or Islamic, law worldwide.
A Pentagon statement to The Washington Times on Thursday said: We are always reviewing our foreign assistance to make sure foreign assistance advances U.S. objectives and is being used for the right purposes.
For now, Egypt is due 200 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks, the same mechanized firepower manned by American soldiers, bringing Egypts inventory to a robust 1,200.
Also in the pipeline is a squadron of the Air Force F-16 Falcon, a multipurpose warplane able to dogfight and drop ordnance. The government awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract in March 2010 for 20 F-16s, the last to be delivered next year. That would increase Egypts total fleet to 240, according to a company press release at the time.
Egypt has far and away the largest army in Africa, said Egypt analyst Robert Springborg, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
The billions of dollars in U.S. military aid in annual $1.3 billion stipends have made the Egyptian air force the fourth-largest F-16 operator among 25 countries. Egypts 4,000 tanks, including the 1,000 or so M1A1s, make it the worlds seventh-largest tank army.
This is a pretty substantial capacity that they have developed, Mr. Springborg said.
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Or, so muslim extremists can wage war against the US.Those US troops that are close to Syria right now best be careful they aren’t set up by the sock monkey and ambushed. He’s already proved he’s capable of such crap in Benghazi
It is TIME. I assure you
I suppose the House, as usual, has nothing to say about this dictatorial outrage either.
Obama’s Arab Spring, Phase II
Proceeding on schedule according to the Master Plan.
Thanks SeekAndFind.
Will there be heads on poles?
Egypt currently makes M1A1s locally under license since 1988. Only the special armor and the like are made elsewhere.
It will have 1,130 M1A1s when current contracts are fulfilled.
Full contract info:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/egypt-847m-request-for-125-m1a1-tanks-03684/
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