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Yes, if they can find some; not a lot of countries making VSTOL fighters or attack aircraft. That said, there's a lot of surplus Harriers running around on the world market now from Britain's short-sighted fire sale of their military gear.

On the other hand, they *can* operate some pretty nasty Russian helicopter gunships from them... and since Egypt got the amphibious assault carriers that Russia was going to put their Ka-52K scout/gunships on, Russia has sold Egypt the Ka-52Ks that Russia was going to put on the Mistrals. An additional 46 or so Ka-52 land-based variants have been ordered to go along with them.

8 posted on 05/07/2016 4:24:14 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

That is a wicked looking helicopter

10 posted on 05/07/2016 4:31:39 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardener chatting with friends)

15 posted on 05/07/2016 4:53:32 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardener chatting with friends)

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