Recently, a number of media reposted a news released by CCTV, titled "Egyptian air defense system shot down a UFO", this title is not simple at first glance, my first reaction is that the UFO was shot down?
The content of the full text is very concise, and this one is even more unbelievable, a typical series of words and few things, so what is going on?
First of all, let's take a look at Egypt's air defense system. The Egyptian air defense system is responsible for protecting the airspace of Egypt against any threat from the air. The Egyptian air defense system consists of multi-level radars, command and control centers, interceptor missiles and anti-aircraft guns and other equipment, capable of effectively detecting and intercepting targets at different heights, distances and speeds. The performance and technical level of the Egyptian air defense system is leading in Africa and the Middle East, and can even be comparable to the air defense systems of some developed countries. The construction and development of Egypt's air defense system has benefited from Egypt's military cooperation with the United States, Russia, France and other countries, from which Egypt has imported advanced air defense equipment and technology, and has also carried out independent research and development and improvement.
The combat capability of Egyptian air defense systems has been proven in many actual combat and Xi, such as the Egyptian revolution in 2011, when Egyptian air defense systems successfully stopped air strikes in Libya, and in the Egyptian-Turkish maritime conflict in 2019, Egyptian air defense systems successfully shot down Turkish drones and missiles.
From the above introduction, we can know that Egypt's air defense system is indeed very strong, but can this shoot down alien spacecraft? In fact, as long as you think about it, you know that it is impossible. If aliens can already fly UFOs to Earth, they will need at least the following high-end technologies:
- Faster- or sub-light-speed flight technology, because the distances in the universe are so far away, if you travel at or below the speed of light, it may take millions of years or more to reach Earth.
- Because the universe is full of all kinds of dangerous radiation and gravitational fields, if there is not enough protection and stability of the aircraft, it may suffer fatal damage on the way or deviate from the course.
- A high degree of stealth and jamming technology, because if they don't want to be detected by detection equipment such as radars and satellites on Earth, they need to be able to shield or interfere with their own electromagnetic and thermal signals, as well as other features that may expose themselves.
- Highly intelligent control and communication technology, because if they want to explore or contact the earth, they need to be able to understand and respond to various complex situations and information on the earth, as well as keep in touch with their companions or home planet.
Generally speaking, the principle of air defense systems is to detect targets through radar or other sensors, and then intercept or destroy them with weapons such as missiles or artillery. However, if the UFO has the aforementioned stealth and jamming techniques, then the air defense system may not be able to effectively detect and lock onto them, or be interfered with by their countermeasures. On the other hand, if the UFO has ultra-high-speed and super-maneuverable flight technology, then the air defense system may not be able to keep up with their speed and changes, or be thrown off by their evasive maneuvers.
So to sum up, once the aliens have been able to come to Earth, then with the current level of technology on Earth, there is basically no way to shoot them down, and it is even difficult to observe them.
So what exactly did the Egyptian air defense shoot down?
In fact, the answer is very simple, the recent international turmoil, Yemen's Islamic Houthis Israel launched a series of drone attacks, a large number of drones flew in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom, the United States have reported the shooting down of drones, Egyptian air defense forces also shot down a thing, but it fell into the sea and was not sure what it was, so it was called a "UFO", in fact, it is most likely a drone, but the news report said it so vaguely for the sake of rigor, so that the audience misunderstood.
Of course, these are just analyses based on some of my assumptions and speculations, and there may be a lot of uncertainties and changes in the actual situation. I can't rule out that the Earth's air defense system has some secret weapons or technologies that we don't know about, or that UFOs have some weaknesses that we can't imagine, and maybe it gets lost as soon as it arrives on Earth, and high-tech means can't be used? So, the answer to this question may always be a mystery, unless one day we can really communicate with aliens head-on.