Since they had not received MiG-23s and Scud missiles had only arrived in Egypt from Bulgaria in late August and it would take four months to train the Egyptian ground crews, Aman predicted war with Egypt was not imminent.
Da de ikke havde fået MiG-23'erne, og Scud-missilerne først var ankommet til Egypten fra Bulgarien i slutningen af august og da det ville tage fire måneder at optræne det egyptiske jordpersonel, vurderede Aman at krig med Egypten ikke var overhængende.