Posted on 06/17/2016 8:59:12 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Funny, where’s the big radar dome on top, hm?
Yes, it has AESA, but it is nowhere close to as capable as the all up AWACS array and it can be seen (and homed in on) much farther away than it can be seen.
The F-22 is not a “god” fighter and we certainly didn’t build enough of them.
The Egyptian economy is an absolute basket case. Beefing up their military in this way when their principle enemy only has rifles is stupid. Unless, the money for this is not coming from Egypt, but from foreign aid. The way foreign aid works, a country gives another country credit to buy from the giving country. So the giving country uses its taxpayer dollars to have somebody else purchase their products. There are lots of reasons to do this. One is to disguise the true price of the hardware the donor country is making from its own taxpayers. Instead of spreading the cost of a weapon across just the domestic demand, say 50, they spread it across the cost of 100.
Egypt might be stronger in the long run if they spent their money on killing the Muslim Brotherhood and developing industry and agriculture. But, then again, if the hardware is of little or no actual cost to them why not engage in national display behavior? (When a peacock spreads his feathers or a cat puffs up and hisses, that is display behavior.)
Oh, I thought they were something like truffles.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.