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2007-08-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-29 15:12|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Najjar was more aggressive, saying the bomb "remarkably increases Iran's defense capabilities."

Assuming you are starting from zero, it would.

Posted by gorb 2007-08-29 16:47|| 2007-08-29 16:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Since these are supposed to be dropped from F-4's and F-5's, and AWACS will probably pick them up immediately upon takeoff, and any one of the F-16, F-15, F-22, F-18's the AWACS will vector in on them can probably pick them off as soon as they come in range, the Iranians could have a 10000 bomb for all I care. All it does is make a bigger explosion when the missile hits.
Assuming, of course, they can actually get the F-4's and F-5's to fly at all, that is.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-08-29 17:07|| 2007-08-29 17:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they trying to say that an Iranian suicide boomer is smarter than an Arab one?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-08-29 18:05|| 2007-08-29 18:05|| Front Page Top

#4 We dare ya.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-08-29 18:09|| 2007-08-29 18:09|| Front Page Top

#5 The Iranians are whistling past the graveyard with this announcement : any aircraft that takes off from Iran is easily tracked by AWACs, Aegis, and the Hawkeyes. With AWACs, you are talking a 200+ mile peek into Iran from the other side of the Persian Gulf. F-15s, F/A-18s, and F-16s all carry AMRAAMs which have the range to splash the Iranians immediately after takeoff. Aegis with Standard Mark 3s has the range to cover the ENTIRE Persian Gulf coastline with 3 ships in place; notice that I did not even bother with the carrier battle groups in the area - no sense wasting the fuel when we can rely on ships in port at Bahrain, Dubai, or Qatar to reach out and smite the Persians.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-08-29 22:34|| 2007-08-29 22:34|| Front Page Top

#6 "reach out and smite the Persians"

Great turn of phrase, SW!

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