Posted on 06/04/2010 7:21:24 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Egypt's Defense Ministry has approved plans to expand the production of joint weapons and aerospace projects with Beijing. They said both countries were discussing a draft agreement in which they would also jointly market combat platforms and weapons to Arab and African militaries.
"Over the next few months, we will witness an announcement of new Egyptian-Chinese combat production that stems from joint cooperation," said Hamdi Waheiba, chairman of Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI).
Waheiba said the cooperative effort would seek to meet the needs of the Egyptian Air Force as well as regional militaries.
The two countries plan to establish aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities for Egyptian and regional militaries. The Egyptian center could also produce components for unidentified air weapons.
On May 27, AOI commemorated the production of the K-8E jet trainer, designed and developed by China. Over the past five years, the defense agency assembled 120 basic air trainers and deployed them in the Egyptian Air Force. The Chinese platform was chosen over jet trainers from Italy and the Czech Republic.
Waheiba said Egypt has increased its production share of the K-8E Karakorum to encompass 94 percent of the fuselage. Egypt has marketed the two-seat intermediate jet trainer and light attack aircraft to several African countries, but no sales have been reported.
Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have purchased the aircraft directly from China. Beijing has also granted Pakistan a license to produce and market another variant of K-8.
Egypt, in a $347 million contract, began to receive the K-8E kits from China in 2000 and acquired 80 jets for its air force. In 2005, AOI began to produce and assemble 40 aircraft, also ordered by Egypt. The entire project was said to employ more than 1,000 Egyptians.
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Where is that site located? Get many port probes from them?
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All about dominating their domestic populations.. made possible by our week and complicit teleprompt reader . We’ll be paying for these developments as we have for Carter’s malaise for years to come.
All about dominating their domestic populations.. made possible by our week and complicit teleprompt reader . We’ll be paying for these developments as we have for Carter’s malaise for years to come.
This is a really good idea.
Put really cheap, crummy weapons in the hands of the #1 and #2 most inept, stupid groups of people on the face of the earth.
Gotta hand it to those Chinese.
It does not mention them.
Liberal Free Trade Globalists supporting Islamic Terrorism...via proxy through Free Trade with Communist China....how quaint.
I wonder how the Anti-American Liberal Free Trade Globalists will spin this one.....crappy Communist Chinese goods helping Islamic Terrorists.......
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