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Navy Recognition said:
December 6, 2013, in the morning TF 473 crossing of the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Do you see that road that runs along the canal which has the red brick wall behind it, that's a escort track when a high value warship is passing through the canal it is escorted upon request by Egyptian army vehicles they usually accompy the warships driving along and providing deterrence from anyone that is thinking about attack the ships
Before they enter the Suez there is a holding area where warships gather like at a traffic lights, when the authoritys give the go ahead the warships then transit
Sometimes the escort vehicles can take ages to arrive and kind of defeat the purpose became a sitting warship is a prime target for terrorists
SSN also have to pass while surfaced as per the rules of the canal, SSBN take the long way round
Before they enter the Suez there is a holding area where warships gather like at a traffic lights, when the authoritys give the go ahead the warships then transit
Sometimes the escort vehicles can take ages to arrive and kind of defeat the purpose became a sitting warship is a prime target for terrorists
SSN also have to pass while surfaced as per the rules of the canal, SSBN take the long way round
Bad news for French from Brazil ... Although , it could be good news for Boeing (Super Hornet) or Saab (Gripen)
I would not understand any nation purchasing a Gripen as a sea borne naval aircraft..it is unproven as far as i know.
Saab needs to work with the French, Indians or the US to see what this aircraft can do at sea. Have any Sea Gripens been built?
thunderchief
Senior Member
As far as I understand , Brazil wants to buy medium-sized fighters for Air Force , to replace aging F-5s . Even that is postponed :
As for Naval Aviation , currently there are no concrete plans to replace A-4s . Neither Super Hornet nor Rafale-M could effectively operate from Sao Paulo anyway ,and there is no naval Gripen . Brazil would first have to decide what kind of carrier they want to replace Sao Paulo , and in current situation that decision is far away .
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
If the Brazillians go for grippen In my view they would have to buy a second type for the navy. The Sea Grippen seems a nice concept but I dont see it translating beyond paper
thunderchief
Senior Member
Well theoretically , they could come up with something - Saab has offered them partnership in building Sea Gripen if they select "regular" Gripen for air force . If they (Brazilians) want to develop their own industry maybe that would not be such a bad idea . But that is a topic for another thread , this one is for French news