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2005-02-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2005-02-13 12:26:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lol! So some poor Swiss Diplodink had to sit there and take the MM tirade? How funny! More! More! Call in the French and Belgians for a dose, too - since we're allies and everything.

Posted by .com 2005-02-13 3:06:38 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:06:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by NUKE ISZRA TROLL 2005-02-13 3:24:11 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:24:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Well geez, why aren't the MMs just shooting these things down? They do have an air force don't they?

Posted by AzCat 2005-02-13 3:25:29 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:25:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lol! We shall see. Will you promise to come back, NUKE ISZRA, to eat your spew afterwards? Lol!

Okay, there must be some really good news somewhere around here, RC's Law is obviously in effect, lol!

Posted by .com 2005-02-13 3:38:15 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:38:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 IF THE IRAQ FREEDOM FIGHTERS..

Yeah, they're "freedom fighters" all right. They're fighting freedom, not fighting FOR it.

Now go away.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-13 3:53:56 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:53:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This rates a "Surprise Meter" setting of zero.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-02-13 6:59:04 AM|| 2005-02-13 6:59:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Now if they would just arm those things and take out a few mad mullahs, I would be really happy.

Posted by legolas 2005-02-13 8:15:38 AM|| 2005-02-13 8:15:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 AzCat-
It depends on what kind of drone they're using as to how easily they can take them out. I am reasonably sure these aren't Predators, which are tactical battlefield drones. More than likely these are LockMart Dark Stars or Boeing GlobalHawks - both of which have capabilities that are close to the U-2/TR-1, and which have radar crossesctions roughly equivalent to a baseball. The Iranians don't have the training or the equipment to pose a SERIOUS risk to them, but there is always a slim chance that one could be brought down...IF they can even find it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-02-13 10:13:29 AM|| 2005-02-13 10:13:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Besides that, the CIA has several officials in the very top levels of the Iranian government on the payroll. At least that's what my Mossad buddy told me.

Posted by DMFD 2005-02-13 10:24:08 AM|| 2005-02-13 10:24:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 H0w about a little mullah-ka-bob.

Posted by legolas 2005-02-13 10:43:49 AM|| 2005-02-13 10:43:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 The Swiss have been looking after US interest since Iran and the Us broke their diplomatic relations. I always thought that's like a mouse looking after the interest of an elephant.

Posted by SwissTex 2005-02-13 2:14:14 PM|| 2005-02-13 2:14:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I seem to remember someone saying that now the Iranians will be moving their weapons and how bad this was . . . IMNSHO that would be great if they would move them, since we can track the movement of the trucks to determine where they went to . . . and bomb it flat.

Posted by Jame Retief 2005-02-13 7:46:58 PM|| 2005-02-13 7:46:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Gotta think, we probably have more than just low-end air breathing assets to task in the area. Probably a lot of manned SLAR and other stuff going along the borders, as well as ground placed automatic stuff that can be dropped. Think about how small modern web-cams are and the wireless LAN chipsets have become. Combine that with probably "listening posts" along the borders (now that we have people on all sides of Iran as well as off the coast). The UAVs are probably jsut icing on the cake, and probably up there jsut to bait them into revealing thier air defense networks -as well as siple letting them know, in no uncertain terms, that we ARE paying attention. And possibly to lull them to sleep - after all the UAV coudl just as well be armed with a guided munition as it could be with a camera or sensor set.

Too high tech? Nah.

Remember that the F117 Stealth was actually active in the early 1980's, and the SR-71 in the early 1960's - decade or so before most anyone ever saw or heard of them.

There are likely big surprises out there that nobody has imagined yet outside fo some "Skunkworks" someplace between Silicon Valley California and the wilds of Nevada.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 As long as they can't move them somewhere safe. I dunno if Azerbaijan, Turkmenstan, or Tadjikistan would be willing to play the role of Syria to Iran. Perhaps western Afghanistan or Pakistan, if the government doesn't have control there?

Posted by jackal 2005-02-13 9:07:10 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-02-13 9:07:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Gotta think, we probably have more than just low-end air breathing assets to task in the area. Probably a lot of manned SLAR and other stuff going along the borders, as well as ground placed automatic stuff that can be dropped. Think about how small modern web-cams are and the wireless LAN chipsets have become. Combine that with probably "listening posts" along the borders (now that we have people on all sides of Iran as well as off the coast). The UAVs are probably jsut icing on the cake, and probably up there jsut to bait them into revealing thier air defense networks -as well as siple letting them know, in no uncertain terms, that we ARE paying attention. And possibly to lull them to sleep - after all the UAV coudl just as well be armed with a guided munition as it could be with a camera or sensor set.

Too high tech? Nah.

Remember that the F117 Stealth was actually active in the early 1980's, and the SR-71 in the early 1960's - decade or so before most anyone ever saw or heard of them.

There are likely big surprises out there that nobody has imagined yet outside fo some "Skunkworks" someplace between Silicon Valley California and the wilds of Nevada.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by NUKE ISZRA 2005-02-13 3:24:11 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:24:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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