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2010-08-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Antique Iranian fighter jet crashes near Bushehr plant

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 technical ~~failure~~ success was the cause of the crash
Target registration run. Next one should hit the Bushehr plant.

Posted by Halliburton Crazy Conspiracy Division 2010-08-18 07:38|| 2010-08-18 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Possibly faulty avionics?

/innocent look

Posted by Pappy 2010-08-18 07:39|| 2010-08-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Another fine job brought to you by Operation Lemony Snickett ...

Posted by Steve White 2010-08-18 09:26|| 2010-08-18 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Debka was also reporting that 3 drones hit the reactor too. Killing about 5 workers.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2010-08-18 11:55|| 2010-08-18 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Shoot down?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-18 12:16|| 2010-08-18 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 No readily available quality parts (apart from shit brought from China tm knockoff) combined with inshallah work crews = death traps ..

Im suprised they arent falling out the sky by the dozen with all their 'military ' maneuvers

Posted by Black Charlie 2010-08-18 12:55|| 2010-08-18 12:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Well they got out, so that tells us that Inshallah Aircraft Maintenance must assign their best guys to ejection seat upkeep.

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-18 13:40|| 2010-08-18 13:40|| Front Page Top

#8 This smacks of Russian advisers. The Russians were always firm believers that shooting down a real aircraft was the best way to test an AA system.

So what they probably did was get their junkiest F-4 that could still fly, along with some drones, and told the pilot to steer *sort of* towards Bushehr, then to punch out as soon as they got missile lock on him.

This shows the Iranians that the system might work, and the crews what reality might look like. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Russians gave them a discount for the price of the used F-4.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-08-18 14:21|| 2010-08-18 14:21|| Front Page Top

#9 In the old Sha days, the US instructors took twice as long to train the Iraninans to fly F4's because the pilot trainees, at the first sign of trouble, instinctively would first try to point the plane towards mecca. This may have been one of those inshallah flight crews.

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2010-08-18 16:18|| 2010-08-18 16:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Damn! Mossad is good! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-18 19:17|| 2010-08-18 19:17|| Front Page Top

#11 A NORTH KOREAN plane has also repor crashed in FUSHAN, CHINA.

As per POTUS GEORGE HERBERT "GEE WHIZ/BROCCOLI-GATE" BUSH = BUSH 1, when MOUD + KIMMIE march in lockstep thier Air Forces give all their all???

* ION RENSE > [Gwynne Dyer] NO WAY ISRAEL CAN WIN A NON-NUCLEAR WAR WID IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-18 21:07|| 2010-08-18 21:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Debka: Huge scandal fight of some sort between Israeli generals and brass..."Galant document"
If debka is correct (salt salt) they will prefer to go for each others throats instead of Iran's nuke one.

Posted by Water Modem 2010-08-18 22:06|| 2010-08-18 22:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Debka: Huge scandal fight of some sort between Israeli generals and brass..."Galant document"
If debka is correct (salt salt) they will prefer to go for each others throats instead of Iran's nuke one.

Posted by Water Modem 2010-08-18 22:06|| 2010-08-18 22:06|| Front Page Top

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