Egypt boosts navy amid Turkish threats in the region
Differences and conflicts between Egypt and Turkey have intensified, while Turkish threats became clear in the Mediterranean, which disturbed Cairo and prompted it to conclude armament deals for the Egyptian navy to face any military dangers from the Turkish side.
Egypt is seeking to provide more arms to its army in light of the Turkish threats in the Mediterranean and Libyan territories.
Reports have been circulating since mid-June about Egypt acquiring the Russian super-defense system dubbed the “Bastion” to secure its coasts and gas fields in the Mediterranean.
The Bastion system has the ability to protect 600 kilometers (373 miles) of coast and secure a sea area of 100,000 square kilometers (38,600 square miles), and is armed with vertical launch platforms with a total of 36 rockets.
In 2015, Egypt signed contracts with Russia to buy $3.5 billion worth of arms, to be gradually handed over. The contract came in light of the shaky relations between Cairo and Ankara following the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
