#15 Some Mil forums posters believe [unconfirmed] IRAN will only get three - THREE! Iran must either strike first with every asset its got, or else end up like Saddam and bury them in the desert for potential future utility once Russia-China and America start shooting at each other, as
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, like SUICIDE/CAR BOMBINGS, is pretty much a POLITICAL-PR WEAPON, NOT A MIL ONE. THE LEFTIES WANT DUBYA AND AMERICA TO WAR EVERYWHERE AND CREATE GLOBAL EMPIRE, BUT NOT TO GOVERN OR CONTROL SAID EMPIRE. Fascist = Limited COmmunist/Socialist, Defective, Incompetent, Dishonest, Warmongering Male Brute Bully Thug Washington must expand and expand, Socializing Regulating Centralizing Militarizing and Bureaucratizing everything and everyone, but take no action against America's enemies vv new 9-11's. The NPE can yell and scream bloody murder, but don't do. |
February 15, 2006: Iran is buying Su-25UBT ground attack aircraft from Russia. Three of them are to be delivered this year. The UBT is the latest model of the Su-25, which is similar to the American A-10. The 17 ton aircraft carries up to 4.4 tons of missiles and bombs. The UBT version is also equipped with electronic countermeasures and a fire control system that can handle the latest Russian air-to-ground missiles and smart bombs. No mention was made of Russia selling those munitions (similar to the American Maverick missile and laser guided bombs). But there's no point in buying the UBT model, unless you get the modern munitions that version of the Su-25 can handle. The Su-25 can operate over a thousand kilometers from its base, if it uses drop tanks.