CAIRO (Dispatches) – Egypt’s armed forces possess the advanced Chinese air defense system HQ-9B, Israeli media has reported, which is similar to the Russian S-400 missiles. According to the Israeli news website nziv, retired Major General Samir Farag, a military expert and former head of the Egyptian Armed Forces’ Morale Affairs Department, confirmed during a televised interview on Sada El-Balad TV channel that Egypt owns various modern defense systems, including the long-range Chinese HQ-9B. The Israeli report noted that this is the first time Egypt has officially revealed its deployment of the HQ-9B system, reflecting both the diversification of its arms sources and the enhancement of its air defense capabilities.