Posted on 05/18/2016 5:43:35 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The US State Department has approved a request by Egypt to purchase 20 Harpoon Block II encapsulated missiles for submarines as well as related equipment and training, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in a statement.
In addition to the Harpoon missiles, the proposed sale, worth approximately USD 143 million, includes two encapsulated harpoon certification training vehicles, technical assistance, personnel training and logistics support provided by the US.
The missiles will be used by Egypt’s new Type 209 submarines, built by the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, according to military intelligence and analysis website IHS Jane’s 30.
“The proposed sale of these submarine-launched missiles will support the Egyptian Navy’s Type 209 submarines, increasing its anti-surface warfare and maritime security capabilities,” reads the statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which is part of the US Department of Defense.
The prime contractor for the sale would be Boeing. If the sale is concluded, the implementation of it would require annual trips by representatives of the US government and Boeing to Egypt over a period of about five years for oversight and technical reviews.
“This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a strategic partner that has been and continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East,” the agency said.
Egypt has previously purchased Harpoon Block II missiles. The request for the new batch of missiles by the Egyptian government was initially presented in 2009.
Since 2011, the US government has provided Egypt with more than USD 6.4 billion in military aid, used by the Egyptian government to purchase F-16 jets, Apache helicopters, tanks, explosives, and police equipment.
The most recent delivery of military equipment to Egypt by the US was the first batch of 762 mine resistant vehicles.
this could only mean that Obama plans to overthrow the Egyptican government again and put his Muslim Brotherhood terrrist murder gang back into power in Cairo, soon...
(he would not send these missiles to the current Egyptian government, the one the people of Egypt selected for themselves after Obama overthrew their government and put his MB terrorist pals into power there the first time), imho watch out for another “coup” or “revolution” in Egypt soon
Selling missiles to Muslims...what could possibly go wrong?
Any such weapons sold to another country should have installed a kill switch or self destruct switch that any U.S. vessel or unit could activate if the weapon was turned against them.
That will never happen!
I think it is definitely planned. Whether it happens will depend on the Egyptian people. They reversed Obama’s Islamonazi murdef gang once. Whether they’ll be able to remove them from power a second time - or keep them from power hopefully — remains to be seen. There’s billions of dollars of very evil
Money behind them -— we will see. I hope you’re right but frankly wouldn’t bet the store on it
Putin is behind the current Egyptian government and created the coup that put it in place. It is going nowhere.
Has the military approved this? CRAZY!
What naval force is Egypt expecting to do battle with that they would need these?
Maybe Putin can help keep it in office. Maybe. But just keep in mind Obama’s record of creating terrorist uprisings , coups, and takeovers, and note his time to do more of same pro- Islsmonazi meddling and damage is growing short. The next few months will be extremely dangerous for Egypt and the world
What do you think Putin does? He does the same and he has been doing circles around Obama with these same tactics. You grossly overestimate how good the putz is. Putin is the most powerful man in the world and has the NWO and Muslim Brotherhood in full retreat.
He’ll probably unload the missiles from our own subs, and use the money for food stamps.
i tend to agree pretty much with that, yes.
but O has still caused a great deal of damage so all I am saying is that he needs to be watched as he tries to finish building his “legacy”
His hands are tied. He is reduced to this bathroom idiocy and nothing more. Any intervention by us in Egypt would lead to a regional conflict. Putin largely runs that area now.
I see. You may be correct about that, too.
Certainly hope O can’t do any more damage... but please keep alert... he is asiduously committed to doing so....
the bathroom idiocy is not complete idiocy. it disrupts (and thus weakens) America and attacks basic Judeo-Christian moral values... both primary O objectives
Also it shifts public focus away from why Congress doesn’t impeach him... and why Hillary is allowed to remain out of prison, etc. etc.
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