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2007-10-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Install self destructs in each of these engine....
On command - eat a blade.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-17 00:32|| 2007-10-17 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd be collecting the payments up front, if I was Vlad. In cash.

Posted by SteveS 2007-10-17 00:41|| 2007-10-17 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Pardon my ignorance, but ain't that like puttin' a Porsche engine on a bicycle?

Posted by GK 2007-10-17 06:53|| 2007-10-17 06:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Much hilarity will ensue when the Iranians try to shoehorn a 41 inch diamter, 2300 lb engine in the space built for an 18 inch diameter, 400 pound engine.

Posted by ed 2007-10-17 08:30|| 2007-10-17 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Ed-
Much hilarity will ensue when the Iranians try to shoehorn a 41 inch diamter, 2300 lb engine in the space built for an 18 inch diameter, 400 pound engine.

They'll just call it a new aircraft of Iranian design and claim it can shoot down anything on Earth.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-10-17 10:11|| 2007-10-17 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Didn't the Iranians keep the aircraft flown out of Iraq during the 1991 war? Could these be intended to re-engine some of those aircraft?

Posted by Rob06">Rob06 2007-10-17 14:31|| 2007-10-17 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 "They're built to the same high standards as our advanced anti-aircraft systems!"

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-17 14:47|| 2007-10-17 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 And how do they mount them to the camels?

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-10-17 18:05|| 2007-10-17 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Much hilarity will ensue when the Iranians try to shoehorn a 41 inch diamter, 2300 lb engine in the space built for an 18 inch diameter, 400 pound engine.

Or maybe there's a new airframe coming Iran's way, too.

Posted by lotp 2007-10-17 20:32|| 2007-10-17 20:32|| Front Page Top

#10 That's nice. How long will they last when the shooting starts?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-17 20:53|| 2007-10-17 20:53|| Front Page Top

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