The Egyptian Air Defense reveals the weather threats before they rise to the airspace – Brigadier Samir Ragheb
Brigadier Samir Ragheb reveals the Egyptian Air Defense Force, the ability of early monitoring systems to detect weather threats before their rise, and to deal with ghost and strategic aircraft to fully protect the national airspace.
Arab Defense website – September 21, 2025: In exceptional statements, Brigadier Samir Ragheb, the Egyptian strategic analyst, reaffirmed the strength of the Egyptian Air Defense system, stressing its willingness to confront various air threats with high efficiency and advanced accuracy.
Brigadier Ragheb explained that Egypt today has advanced radar capabilities, capable of detecting air threats in early stages before they rise to the airspace, which saves sufficient time to respond effectively and enhances the ability of the armed forces to manage any possible confrontation. He added that the Egyptian air defense system does not necessarily require concentration in Sinai only, but it can be published in an integrated manner across the various strategic sites to ensure comprehensive coverage of all Egyptian airspace, including vital depth areas.
The military analyst pointed out that these systems are able to deal with all types of aircraft, including modern ghost planes and strategic sovereignty planes, from the moment they take off until before they reach their targets, stressing that the ability to deal with threats in its early stages constitute a strong deterrent factor for any force trying to penetrate the Egyptian airspace.
Brigadier Ragheb concluded his statement with a clear message to the hostile forces, saying that “any plane that will take off will not return,” referring to the efficiency and ability of the Egyptian air defense to ensure the entire protection of the national airspace, and raise the level of strategic deterrence to high levels that make any air attack very expensive for the aggressor.
Brigadier Ragheb’s statements come at a time when regional challenges are increasing, and highlighting the decisive role of air and defense capabilities in protecting national sovereignty, stressing that Egypt today has an integrated defensive network that combines early monitoring, comprehensive coverage, and a rapid response to any possible threat.
A complex Egyptian air defense network
Egypt was not satisfied with building a traditional air defense system, but rather woven an integrated network that extends from the surface of the earth to the borders of the atmosphere, which makes it one of the most complex systems at the region level, and raises the attention of friends and enemies alike.
The story begins from China officially the delivery of Cairo’s HQ-9B air defense system, which is one of the most powerful long-range air defense systems in the world, with a range of up to 300 km, and the ability to track 24 goals simultaneously and engage with them. This system is characterized by multi -layer radar coverage, including aircraft and missiles, including the ghost targets. It has been considered a newspaper South China Morning Post This contract is a strategic shift in Egyptian deterrence capabilities.
But Egypt has not depended on China alone, as it has a diverse Western systems for decades, among them the American infrared and French Crown Crownpall, along with the locally modified Sky Gard system known as Ammon, which combines 35 mm machine guns and medium -range missiles to intercept drones, helicopters, and low -height aircraft.
According to the site Ariforn RemotationEgypt has more than 40 air defense batteries distributed over 18 defensive brigades, which reflects the diversity and integration between eastern and western systems, with a start towards local manufacturing, most notably the Saqr system, which used German IRIS-T SLM missiles with a range of 40 km and a height of 27 km, and the export of these missiles to Egypt officially was permissible in 2018.
In the field of monitoring and vision, Egypt relies on a huge set of three -layer radar radars. She got the long-term NTPS-78 radars and SPS-84 from the United States with a range of up to 450 km, and the French Grand Master 400 radars that reveal targets up to 515 km, in addition to Russian Protivnik-GE capable of monitoring ghost planes and fastest sound missiles.
All of these radars work within a unified leadership and control system, linking the units together, distributing orders, and analyzing data in real time, allowing to take engagement decisions quickly and accurately at the highest military level.
To counter the air threats, Egypt entered a new stage by possessing AWACS, as the KJ-500 plane appeared in joint exercises with China for the first time in the sky of Egypt, equipped with a 360-degree circular radar, capable of tracking dozens of air and sea targets at the same time, and transferring data to driving centers to direct fighters and management of air battles.
As for the future, while the major armies of laser defense systems are planning, reports indicate Egyptian-Chinese cooperation on the LW-30 portable system, but Cairo has not officially confirmed the possession of this type of weapon, and therefore it cannot be considered within the confirmed capabilities yet.
In the end, the sources and types of systems may differ, but experts agree that the Egyptian air defense was not designed to confront a specific attack, but rather to confront a complex war that includes the sky and the sea, with inhabited planes and drones, ballistic missiles and other ghost, which makes the Egyptian defensive network one of the most complex and diverse in the region.
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