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EGYPTIAN NAVY TO OBTAIN PHALANX SYSTEMS IN 2005 [From Raytheon]
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| Monday, October 20, 2003
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Posted on 10/20/2003 5:35:27 PM PDT by yonif
The Egyptian Navy plans to accept the delivery of the first Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon system in 2005 from Raytheon. Deliveries will end by 2007.
Raytheon has been awarded a $31.2 million contract to produce four Phalanx Block 1B systems for Egypt. The systems will be produced at Raytheon Missile System in Louisville, Ky.
Executives said the first system will arrive in April 2005. The remaining systems will be delivered over a six-month period.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armsbuildup; contracts; egypt; israel; missiles; raytheon; terrorsponsor; waronterrorism
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:35:27 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; Paved Paradise; Mr. Mojo; Thinkin' Gal; Bobby777; adam_az; Alouette; ...
Ping.
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:35:38 PM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: yonif
they'll be shooting em at us in 10 yrs
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:42:40 PM PDT
by
cd jones
To: yonif
unbelieveable.
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:52:22 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: yonif
So whats wrong with that...isn't Islam a peaceful religion?
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: Battle Axe
Phalanx is a 'close-in' weapon system - a gatling gun mated with a radar. It is basically a last-ditch self defense for a ship under Exocet/Harpoon or air attack. Not a hostile system at all, and in my experience, not all that great for what it was designed for. If this baby lights off on an incoming missle, you better hope to hell it hits it, because it is supposed to destroy the incoming at 2000 or so yards - about a mile. A missile flies a mile pretty quick.
To: Battle Axe
Why would we want to arm Egypt? Could they lob those missles into Israel????US Navy Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
Its not a missile system. Its more like an anti-missile system, but its really more like a gatling gun with smart electronics.
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posted on
10/20/2003 5:59:10 PM PDT
by
Frohickey
To: cd jones
they'll be shooting em at us in 10 yrs Doubt it. More like, they will be begging us to sell them spare parts in 2 years.
Remember during the Cold War, when Egypt was siding with the Soviet Union. In one diplomatic visit by Egyptian cabinet ministers, they were constantly asking for spare parts from the Soviets.
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:01:41 PM PDT
by
Frohickey
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:05:03 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: GaltMeister
Yeah, but when it does hit an incoming missile, there's not much left of it. But you are correct...it's the last line of defense. Either way...I WANT ONE!
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:07:27 PM PDT
by
Orangedog
(Soccer-Moms are the biggest threat to your freedoms and the republic !)
To: Frohickey
These things are awesome. I was on LSD-42 (Germantown) when the Navy would do both dry and drone/test fire..These puppies rockthe whole damn ship!! And the movement's of the mechanism as a whole are creepy...deadly accurate.
To: yonif
Sheer insanity. While we are at it, we need to proscribe Pakistan as a recipient of our arms as well.
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:30:50 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
To: belmont_mark
As I recall these things were a maintenance headache for USN technicians to maintain, at least on the ships I was on. They were down for repairs quite often - this will probably sell a lot of spare parts.
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:41:12 PM PDT
by
nvcdl
To: unix
wonder if any navy-nerds have reprogrammed it to single-shot fire at seagulls. ;)
To: yonif
Good.
As long as they have a remote control "Off" switch.
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posted on
10/20/2003 6:56:32 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: yonif
TODAY Egypt prevent demonstration for DEMOCRACY but ....
meanwhile, supported by, and in Egypt at al-Azhar Universty, a Sunni institution,
proterrorist demonstrations with threats against the USA.
Egypt: Democracy NO Terrorism YES
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posted on
10/20/2003 7:32:38 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: nvcdl
this will probably sell a lot of spare parts. It is our money either way. Who do they presume the weapons against ?
I already know.
To: yonif
that's alright ... a Phalanx is useless against a torpedo fired from a Dolphin-class submarine ...
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:04:06 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: yonif
Why does Egypt need a navy? Who cares about them?
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:06:26 PM PDT
by
krb
(the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
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