The impressive military display in Egypt
(Defensa.com) Egypt used the framework afforded by the opening of the new stretch of the Suez Canal, the afternoon of August 8, to showcase military muscle, a major show of strength ahead of the international community, and above all, to the Arab world, at a difficult time when terrorism strikes the country, especially in the Sinai. The armed forces and security forces staged an impressive array country, estimated at about 200,000 troops, both to ensure security and order to display their modern media.
To present the impressive civil engineering, the government in Cairo organized a carefully staged starting with the shipment of President Al-Sisi and his entourage in an old yacht, which commissioned the then Khedive Isma'il Pasha in 1865 Samuda Brothers shipyard in London called El-Mahrousa, and that he used in 1869 during the official opening of the Suez Canal, accompanied by the Empress Eugenia de Montijo, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France, and other dignitaries. The yacht was accompanied by a retinue of military ships, who headed one of the new missile patrol the Ambassador MK III Class, recently received after being built by VT Halter Marine-US. Right behind the El-Mahrousa the new Egyptian frigate sailed Tahya Misr ("Long live Egypt"), recently acquired in France, where he served with the name of Normandie, just behind the Greek frigate Spetsai it stood, with the naval party closed by another patrol said Ambassador MK III.
Photo: One of the new patrol Ambassador MK III. AHMED XIV
Meanwhile, the sky over the Canal was the scene of a spectacular flypast where you could see much of the various aircraft that make up the Egyptian Air Force (FAE). He highlighted a past than a dozen Aerospatiale (now Airbus Helicopters) Gazelle carrying the flags of Egypt and the different branches of the FAS helicopters, but the highlight was the different formations of bombers, the new Dassault Rafale and the US F-16. Remember that recently the United States has lifted all sanctions it had imposed on Egypt, and just resume deliveries dozen fighter Lockheed Martin F-16C / D Block 52, pending delivery. Various formations of the other reactors of French design using AEDs are also able, as were the Mirage 2000 and Mirage V fighter veterans and reactors training / light attack Alpha Jet, remember that French President Francois Hollande was among the guests present at the event.
How could it be otherwise the K-8E aircraft of the national squad, devices Chinese design but assembled mainly in Egypt, made several passes by staining with their delivery systems smoke colored the sky channel with the colors of the national flag Egyptian red, white and black. In the field of transport they could be seen veteran Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules and modern appliances made in Spain C295, but perhaps the most interesting of the formations involved in the air stop was composed by a plane early warning Grumman E-2 Hakweye; and a pair of Beech 1900 transformed into ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) platform, equipped with a long fairing at the bottom of the fuselage, housing the main antenna system. Regarding the helicopters and the Gazelle veterans Westland Commando they were, Russian Mi-8 and Mi-17 and CH-47D Chinook, AH-64D Apache and Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite Americans, who are used aboard frigates Egyptian military navy.
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