The Hebrew website explained that this step comes within the framework of Egypt’s efforts to diversify sources of military armament, especially in light of the sanctions imposed on Russia and the complex relationship with the United States.
The United States imposes restrictions on the sale of advanced weapons to Egypt for various reasons, the first of which is Israel’s qualitative military superiority, as the United States is committed to ensuring Israel’s qualitative military superiority in the region, which means that Israel must maintain a qualitative superiority in weapons, missiles and military technology compared to its neighbors.
In this regard, Egypt seems to have shifted its focus towards China to meet its arms demands, and the aircraft signed for export to Egypt are likely to be the Chengdu J-10C or the legendary Shenyang J-31.
The J-10C is a fourth-generation multirole fighter aircraft, known for its advanced electronic warfare capabilities and active AESA radar.
While the J-31 is a “legendary” fifth-generation stealth fighter, featuring radar-evading capabilities and modern avionics systems.
Both models are considered strong options to improve Egypt’s air capabilities, especially the J-31 stealth aircraft, which is still in the development phase.
After news of Egypt’s interest in it, the Chinese fighter jet J-35X appeared just a few days ago, which is an upgraded version of the J-31.
China is among the three countries that have developed a fifth-generation fighter jet, along with the United States and Russia, with its multi-role Chengdu J-20.
While China and Russia each have only one fifth-generation aircraft, the United States has two, the F-35 and the F-22.
China appears ready to take on the US with another fifth-generation stealth fighter jet.
According to several social media posts, the first high-resolution image of the Chinese Shenyang J-35 has appeared online.
The Shenyang J-31, also known as the FC-31 Gyrfalcon, is a fifth-generation stealth fighter developed by the Chinese Shenyang Aircraft Corporation.
The Hebrew website claimed that the leaking of news of this deal may be an attempt by Egypt and China aimed at enabling Egyptian pressure on the United States to sell it military technologies that it has not been able to obtain until now.
The Hebrew website explained that if the Egyptians tried to test the American side and continue the deal with China, the United States would certainly stop all foreign aid to Egypt, which would lead to the collapse of the Egyptian economy and its army all at once, it claimed.
Source: nziv
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2024-09-05 04:32:58