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2012-09-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran: "We Vow Our Enemies Will Not Survive"...

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2012-09-29 08:23|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Uncle Phester,

That looks a lot like an old Cold War standby, the Bristol Bloodhound:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bloodhound

My compliments to the Chief of Iranian Air Defense on making a non-functional copy of a 1952 weapon. I have CC'd this to CINC9AF, and I am sure he will be trembling in his boots once he stops laughing.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2012-09-29 11:44|| 2012-09-29 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Only if the attack is unsuccessful.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-09-29 12:30|| 2012-09-29 12:30|| Front Page Top

#3 the ultimate Iranian missile: it photoshops itself!

Posted by Frank G 2012-09-29 13:01|| 2012-09-29 13:01|| Front Page Top

#4 "By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1,800 mph"
Wow. I hope the U.K. has something that improved on this, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-09-29 14:48|| 2012-09-29 14:48|| Front Page Top

#5 The Persians said the same thing in 480BC. It was a real downer for morale when they happened to bump into the Spartans at Thermopylae :-)

Posted by Raider 2012-09-29 16:26|| 2012-09-29 16:26|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember when they shot those things at Godzilla.
They didn't stop him either.

Posted by tu3031 2012-09-29 17:02|| 2012-09-29 17:02|| Front Page Top

#7 'we vow our enemies will not survive, if they attack Irans nuclear sites.'

"And if there's no attack we'll kill our enemies as well."

Damned if you do...

Posted by Slosing Pheting9392 2012-09-29 18:37|| 2012-09-29 18:37|| Front Page Top

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