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Egypt to Buy 2,000 TOW 2A Anti-Tank Missiles
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| 10-31-07
Posted on 10/31/2007 7:36:22 AM PDT by SJackson
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:36:23 AM PDT
by
SJackson
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Wonder who Egypt is planning to use these on?
Surely not the unidentified country to the northeast the train their officers to invade, that can't be.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, none to make him afraid,)
To: SJackson
Can’t wait until the State Dept tries to tell us it’s for invading Sudan to free the Darfur people. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
To: SJackson
‘There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. ‘
If I were a Abrams tank crew member, I’d have a big problem with this assumption.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:46:09 AM PDT
by
Badeye
('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
To: SJackson
Lovely. Sell the Eqyptians an anti-tank missile that pierces the thin deck armor on a tank. Now who do you suppose those missiles will get used against?
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:46:14 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
To: Badeye
...make that Merkava tank commander.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:47:21 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
To: SJackson
"Egypt to Buy 2,000 TOW 2A Anti-Tank Missiles"
Equipped with homing devices, I hope. We could call them "Boomerang" Missiles.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:48:01 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: SJackson
Who can Egypt possibly use these against besides Israel?
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:49:50 AM PDT
by
montag813
To: SJackson
Egypt to Buy 2,000 TOW 2A Anti-Tank MissilesAh, yes, the Pentagon's "Missiles for Muslims" program at work. After all, muslims need missiles, too; otherwise, they get chafed and upset and feel insulted and all.
To: Badeye
The Egyptians have Abrams tanks.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:50:51 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
To: Hydroshock
Worse, the US will first give aid to Egypt to enable them to buy the missles; IOW, they will be a free gift.
And Egypt has no possible use for these; neither Sudan nor Libya has a large, competent tank force, nor anything that can’t already be dealt with by the Egyptian air force.
To: Hydroshock
Doesn’t change my point of view on this. Egypt has been in effect under martial law since Sudat was assasinated. Mubarak is the most overrated ‘world leader’ in the Middle East. I think Egypts internal politics are just as unstable as Pakistan’s, we’ve just grown used to living with it.
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:56:57 AM PDT
by
Badeye
('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
To: Hydroshock
Which is equipped with an radio frequency kill switch if they ever use them to oppose us or are allies...no doubt...
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posted on
10/31/2007 7:57:45 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: SJackson
they need these to fend off beduins with camels
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:16:35 AM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: CondorFlight
And Egypt has no possible use for these; neither Sudan nor Libya has a large, competent tank force, nor anything that can’t already be dealt with by the Egyptian air force.They can be used against Israeli armor and Israeli positions. This is exactly how Hizbollah used them in July 2006
With an anti tank missile Hizbollah took out a building that killed 7 Israelis
Sometime in the future Egypt may have a close quarters war with Israel
How about if the fundamentalists get rid of Mubarak and send the anti tank missiles to Gaza?
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:17:32 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Four and a half acres of sovereign U.S. territory,anytime,anywhere ---- US aircraft carrier)
To: montag813
Libya
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Egypt knows that if they were to attack Israel, they would get their head stopped into the ground.
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:27:49 AM PDT
by
Red6
(Come and take it.)
To: in hoc signo vinces
They were assembled in Egypt under a joint venture, I doubt it.
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:32:45 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
To: Hydroshock
Assembled from components shipped to Egypt from the USA, no doubt...so...it’s plausible...
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:46:15 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: SJackson
The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $99 million. Where is Egypt going to get $99m? (as if we don't already know)
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:55:39 AM PDT
by
ol' hoghead
(He is not here; for he is risen.)
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