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A top Iranian military commander has said that Iran is preparing to hold a massive aerial maneuver in coming months.
Deputy Air Force Commander, Mohsen Darrehbaghi, said Thursday that the country will put to the test a new set of advanced air-to-ground weaponry and gunnery equipment.
"All Iranian aircraft and warplanes will take part in the military exercise, including the F-4, F-5, F-7 and the Sukhoi SU-24 fighter jets," said Darrehbaghi in an address to the female staff of the Iranian Air Force.
Originally posted by airspoon
Your right. I was confusing Iran with Iraq. I will edit appropriately. I was just compiling a thread on Iraq and it was fresh in my mind.
--airspoon
[edit on 4-6-2010 by airspoon]
Deputy Air Force Commander, Mohsen Darrehbaghi, said Thursday that the country will put to the test a new set of advanced air-to-ground weaponry and gunnery equipment.
Just a hypothetical question here....
Bearing in mind the Israelis pride in striking when the enemy least expects it , would an Israeli air-strike just after the completion of Iranian exercises potentially catch them unaware .
I`m not `au fait` with what such logistics would entail , but besides the obvious psychological effect - what would the realities on the ground regarding fuel /maintenence etc be ?
Thanks
All i see is F-4, F-5, F-7 and the Sukhoi SU-24, where is the part that says state of the art?[delivery system]...
You really are a fan of the Iranian regime, aren't you, Airspoon This site's motto is to deny ignorance.
Posting state sponsored propaganda (PressTV) isn't exactly denying ignorance.
State-of-the-art weaponry and Iran... they haven't got a single piece of military equipment that can be defined as state-of-the-art.
IF and that's a BIG If Israel does decide to strike Iran. How does this new "State of the ART"
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by airspoon
Your Source.
Deputy Air Force Commander, Mohsen Darrehbaghi, said Thursday that the country will put to the test a new set of advanced air-to-ground weaponry and gunnery equipment.
IF and that's a BIG If Israel does decide to strike Iran. How does this new "State of the ART"
we aren't allowed to put whatever we like into our bodies, even if it benefits us medically.
Iran would still be ruled by a brutal, human-rights abusing and murdering dictator.
no government is perfect.
If the Iranian people weren't satisfied with their current government, then I'm sure they would replace it as they recently did with the tyrannical government of the US installed and backed Shah.
We have no right to dictate how others choose to live their lives.
Such was the case with Germany against the Jews and many others.
Originally posted by UmbraSumus
(Edited also - to reflect the amended OP....)
Raid on the Osiraq Reactor near Baghdad in June 1981
Any attempt on Iran would be the Osiraq Reactor raid times 100 , with the additional fact that they know the Israelis are coming !
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If Iranian nuclear installations are the target ..... then that is a hell of a lot of targets , many of which are well defended . I have seen some estimates as high as 10% loss of aircraft in any attempt to bomb these hardened & dispersed site . So along with downed planes , there may be captured pilots also . This could potentially dwarf the Gilad Shalit debacle .
[edit on 4-6-2010 by UmbraSumus]
[edit on 4-6-2010 by UmbraSumus]