[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: While this mobile anti-aircraft system is
profoundly irrelevant in Egypt's battle against various groups in the Sinai
it is terrifyingly relevant in the event that at some point in the future
whoever is ruling Egypt decides to make a massive move towards invading
Israel - either alone or in concert with countries that are today Israel's
enemies and/or countries that today are not considered a threat but tomorrow
could undergo a regime change that turns them into a threat.

"The Antey 2500 (S-300V) Mobile Universal Air & Missile Defense System... is
transported by tracked vehicles and has considerable cross-country
mobility...This system uses long range, all altitude, all weather, mobile
universal surface-to-air missiles to protect mobile forces and fixed sites.
The system is effective against tactical, theater and medium-range ballistic
missiles, low altitude cruise missiles, fixed and rotary wing aircraft and
UAVs."
http://defense-update.com/products/a/antey-2500.htm ]

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Egypt, Russia Negotiating Missile Sale
By Oscar Nkala 4:26 p.m. EST November 24, 2015
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/11/24/egypt-russia-negotiating-missile-sale/76330914/

GABORONE, Botswana — Russian State Technologies Corporation (ROSTEC) says it
is holding pre-contract delivery negotiations for the supply of the Antey
2500 and Buk missile systems ordered by Egypt in 2014 to upgrade the
capabilities of its Air Defense Force (ADF).

According to a military source quoted by Interfax in March this year, the
missile order is part of the multi-billion Russian-Egyptian arms deal of
2014 and involves the supply of Buk air-to-air missiles, the Antey 2500
(S-300VM) anti-ballistic missile system, command posts, spares and
accessories at a cost of US$1 billion. Egypt will also receive auxiliary
technological equipment,launchers and other essential equipment to support
the system.

According to the initial agreement, deliveries are expected to start later
this year and be complete by late 2016.

"Today, we are considering the possibility of delivering to Egypt the
anti-ballistic missile system Antey-2500 and the Buk 2 surface-to-air
missiles. Negotiations are continuing," ROSTEC CEO Sergey Chemezov told
Russian news agency ITAR-TASS at the end of the recent Dubai Airshow.

He said the Egyptian air defense systems sale will contribute substantially
to the $12.5 billion in arms exports that Russia expects to earn by end of
the year.

"Rosoboronexport foreign arms sales should reach $12.5 billion by the end of
this year. We hope it (arms export revenue) will be a little more, but we
will definitely fulfill the plan," Chemezov said.

The Antey 2500 system is an upgraded version of the S-300 missile aerial
defense system. It can destroy aircraft, ballistic and cruise missiles
flying at a range of up to 250 km and a height of up to 25 km.

The 9K37 Buk missile system is designed to hit aircraft, cruise missiles and
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying at distances of up to 30 miles and
altitudes of up to 15 miles. Egypt is the third buyer of the Russian air
defense system after Venezuela and Iran.

Russia is aggressively marketing upgraded weapons and aerial defense systems
in the Middle East. ROSTEC exhibited and demonstrated the new Antey 2500 and
upgraded Buk-2 missile system to Middle Eastern and African customers in Abu
Dhabi early in 2014.