Are S-300 Batteries on their way to Egypt?
In case the report published on itar-tass website will materialize and the
procurement deal goes through, how will Israel deal with the S-300 batteries
being placed on Egyptian territory?
Ami Rojkes Dombe 3/9/2014
http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=3102

Will Egypt acquire Russian S-300 batteries? According to reports online, the
batteries that were designated for Syria will probably find themselves on
the southern border,itar-tass.com reported.

According to the site, the producing of S-300 batteries will stop within a
year and instead new generation S-400 batteries will be manufactured, to be
in use by the Russian army and be sold on the international market.
Meanwhile, Russia is thinking what to do with the batteries that have
already been produced for Assad, and one of the alternatives is to sell them
to Sisi. It should be recalled that at the end of last year, Saudi Arabia
provided Egypt with a grant of two billion dollars for the purchase of
Russian weapons.

A report reveals on altahrir website that the air defense commander of
Egypt, Abdel Moneimal-Terras, traveled to Moscow to discuss a joint exercise
between the armies in the near future as well as the procurement of military
equipment. If the deal is implemented, it will be a closure for Egypt, which
has been looking to buy S-300 batteries since 1996 (source).

What does this mean for the Israeli Air Force pilots? Well, if the reports
are referring to the S-300-PMU-2 version, it means that this battery has a
detection range of 300 km and a damage range of about 150 km. In other
words, if this battery will be stationed in the Suez Canal (it is likely
that Israel will not allow placing batteries in Sinai), its radar will cover
half of the territory of Israel – the southern half. Whether it will be
placed in the area of Port Said, it will cover almost the entire State of
Israel. It means that any aircraft or missile leaving towards Egypt (if and
when) could be identified within Israeli territory (Assuming that Israel of
course that Israel do not have the capabilities to disrupt the radar of the
S-300 – an argument frequently heard in the foreign media [source]).
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Production of S-300 missiles in Russia to be stopped within year — source
Russia August 22, 9:13 UTC+4
The source in the Russian military-industrial complex said the production of
components for S-300 will continue
http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/746166

MOSCOW, August 22. /ITAR-TASS/. Production of Russia’s S-300 missile systems
will be fully stopped next year, a high-ranking source in the Russian
military-industrial complex told ITAR-TASS.

This also concerns export versions, he added. “I want to stress that the
production of components for S-300 will continue and will even grow in the
coming years,” he said.

The source said S-300 missiles would be replaced with a number of new
generation systems. “S-400 becomes the main system for our Armed Forces.
S-300 missiles remain in operation, and their production will not be halted
in a moment,” he said.

Russia's latest air defense system S-400 licensed for export

The source said the marketing policy of Russian producers of air defense
systems is now aimed at advancing S-400 to foreign markets.

“We have had a more efficient system for several years, I mean S-400. What
is the point in producing things that don’t meet today’s demands of a
customer?” he asked, saying S-400 supplies abroad would begin no earlier
than in 2016.

Redirecting deliveries

S-300 Favorite missile systems destined for Syria may be delivered to Egypt,
a Russian high-ranking defense industry source told ITAR-TASS on Friday.

Egyptian partners have expressed interest in S-300 purchases. The system may
be re-equipped for Egypt in a short period of time, the source added.

S-300 system Russia made for Syria may be offered to other customer

If an agreement is reached, software and some units and systems of "Syrian"
S-300s will be changed, he said.

Cairo bought about $400 million worth of ammunition from Moscow over the
past ten years. A considerable volume of the military enginery bought from
the Soviet Union is still in service in Egypt, the source said.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may provide substantial financial
aid for Egypt, he added.