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2007-04-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chinese sell home made missiles?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-24 00:54|| 2007-04-24 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 FREEREPUBLIC > CANDA article > 2nd similar report that AL-QAEDA may be planning to use radiological-dispersing device(s) in new mass-casualty attacks agz West.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-24 04:48|| 2007-04-24 04:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow. A range of over 150 kilometers?

The 1944 German V-2 had an operational range of 300 km, according to Wikipedia.

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-24 06:04|| 2007-04-24 06:04|| Front Page Top

#4 . . . the commander reminded that 90 to 95 percent of the equipment and weapons needed by the navy are designed and manufactured through home-made technology and by the Iranian experts.

He's probably exaggerating, but Iran has developed something of an indigenous aircraft industry. I remember reading somewhere that they back-engineered the F-5 and were making copies.

Posted by Mike 2007-04-24 06:28|| 2007-04-24 06:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Mike-

He's exaggerating a LOT. They did come out with a single copy of a reverse engineered F-5but as far as I've been able to tell, they haven't flown it, and they sure as hell can't produce it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-24 10:13|| 2007-04-24 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Not rev engineered. They took an F-5 and added twin stabilizers. No evidence the Iranians can build airframes, engines or avionics. And the video I saw of it "taxiing", I swear, had covers over the engine inlets and sounds of a running turbine. A true Iranian innovation, the non air breathing turbine. The enviros are gonna love it.

And wood/plastic mockups don't count usless the mullahs have a genie we don't know about.

Posted by ed 2007-04-24 11:00|| 2007-04-24 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Interesting link, Ed. Why does it need several stands to hold it up? The landing gear need a rest? Can't take the stationary load?

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-24 12:58|| 2007-04-24 12:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Iran to Test Fire Home Made Missile

Is HeathKit selling missiles now or maybe ACME?

Posted by xbalanke 2007-04-24 14:35|| 2007-04-24 14:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Ed, thanks for the link to that video. In the one shot, I thought I saw intake covers, too, but in other shots there's heat shimmer coming from the exhaust nozzles, and we do see it flying, so there's at least one flyable example somewhere.

It may very well be a nice airplane, but if it's Israeli F-15 or F-16 against Iranian F-5 variant, I know which side's favored in Vegas.

Posted by Mike 2007-04-24 15:23|| 2007-04-24 15:23|| Front Page Top

#10 It's an Estes Saturn V!

As to Iran having 50 submarines and then having a grip on the Persian Gulf, well, let's just say it would be a very "target rich" environment for the 3-4 hours it would take a couple US SSNs to hunt them all down.

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