Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 - Russia has delivered two Mi-171 helicopters to Iran as part of a $45 million contract to upgrade the latter's rescue fleet.
Under the contract, Russia is to deliver five Mi-171 transport helicopters to Iran before the end of March, the government-run news agency Fars reported. Another three helicopters will be delivered in March, state media said on Thursday.
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low oil prices = desperation to stir things up. Pooty's in bad shape, might as well sell shit to his enemies
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I much prefer moving targets to stationary ones.
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what's the difference, we can blast them both equally as well
Remember "Don't run, you'll only die tired".
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The Iranian "Insh'Allah" maintenance brigade eagerly awaits the new aircraft.
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Iran paid homage on Saturday to its revolutionary father Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who landed in Tehran 30 years ago to set off the Islamic revolution, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the revolution would extend beyond Iranian borders.
Ahmadinejad joined Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of the government and military commanders at Khomeini's mausoleum in southern Tehran to mark his arrival from exile.
The country is holding 10 days of celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of the U.S.-backed shah, who ruled Iran for almost four decades but fled just two weeks before Khomeini's return.
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One year of idiocy repeated thirty times....
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Did Jimmy Carter show up to pay homage?
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PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > FORMER US AMBASSADOR/ENVOY TO THE UN JOHN BOLTON SAYS AMERICAN HAS SUFFERED A HUMILIATING DEFEAT TRYING TO STOP IRAN'S NUKES.
IHO the US has LOST ITS BATTLE WITH IRAN, + HIGHLY DOUBTS THAT POTUS OBAMA WILL ATTEMPT ANY MIL STRIKE ON IRAN IFF 3 MOS. OF US-IRAN, etc. NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS FAIL.
Egypt on Friday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah of being an "agent of Iran," after his tirades against Cairo during Israel's military assault on the impoverished Palestinian territory. "Hassan Nasrallah's criticism of Egypt confirms once more that he is nothing more than an agent of the Iranian regime and takes his orders from Tehran," it charged in a government statement.
On Thursday, Nasrallah, whose group is wholly owned supported by Damascus and Tehran, slammed Egypt on the grounds it continues to keep its Rafah border post with Gaza closed while claiming to have opened it. Rafah is the only land exit point from Gaza which does not lead into Israel.
Nasrallah accused Cairo of complicity in the Israeli blockade on Gaza and cast doubt on Egypt's neutrality in efforts to mediate a formal ceasefire.
Egypt on Wednesday accused Iran, along with Hamas and Hezbollah, of using Gaza to provoke conflict in the Middle East. "(They tried) to turn the region to confrontation in the interest of Iran, which is trying to use its cards to escape Western pressure ... on the nuclear file," Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said, referring to Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.
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Iran says its newly-built air-defense system would fully protect its nuclear installations as it can engage targets as high as 55,000 feet. Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Saturday that Iran's "new 100mm anti-aircraft gun is capable of reaching target enemy aircraft at an altitude of 55,000 feet (about 18 kilometers)."
The manufacturing of Iran's anti aircraft artillery -- also known as Triple-A -- comes as military analysts had earlier made speculations about the potential of Iran's existing anti-aircraft systems, saying that the country's air-defense capabilities would allow Israeli sorties over Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran's defense development came in line with a June report by the New York Times which said Iran was "taking steps to better defend its nuclear facilities" after it was revealed that Israel carried out a major military exercise as a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran.
"Two sets of advance Russian-made radar systems were recently delivered to Iran. The radar will enhance Iran's ability to detect planes flying at low altitude," added the report.
Military experts believe the dropping of bunker-busting bombs on targets like Iran's nuclear complex should be carried out from a low altitude, as it requires great precision.
US and Israeli military experts have also expressed concern about the possibility of the sale of sophisticated S-300 air-defense systems by Russia to Iran.
Hawley, a former fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours and 438 combat missions over Vietnam, said the prospects for conventional aircraft would be grim when faced with the SA-20.
According to the Russian producer company of the weapon -- Almaz Scientific Industrial Corporation -- the S-300PMU-1 system is capable of engaging targets from altitudes as low as 30 feet to as high as 90,000 feet, against incoming targets traveling at a velocity of 9,000 feet per second. Its horizontal range allows the S-300PMU-1 to attack targets as close as 3 miles to as far out as 95 miles.
The missile system is also capable of destroying incoming intermediate-range ballistic missiles up to 25 miles.
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Does anybody know how many cruise missiles we have in inventory? Wikipedia says 3,500 TLAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109_Tomahawk).
I wonder what sort of air defense capability would be left standing after about 2,000 Tomahawks finished playing "whack a mole"?
Then again, we are faced with an Obmination of leadership - so, maybe Iran is on track for achieving bullet-proof status.
During a battle an ROK (Republic of Korea) commander, whose unit was fighting with the Marines, called legendary Marine (then Colonel) Chesty Puller to report a major Chinese attack in his sector.
"How many Chinese are attacking you?" asked Puller.
"Many, many Chinese!" replied the excited Korean officer.
Puller asked for another count and got the same answer: "Many, many Chinese!"
"#*#&*!#%!" swore Puller, "Put my Marine liaison officer on the radio."
In a minute, an American voice came over the air: "Yes, sir?"
"Lieutenant," growled Chesty, "exactly how many Chinese you got up there?"
"Colonel, we got a whole s**tload of Chinese up here!"
"Thank God!" exclaimed Puller, "At least theres someone up there who knows how to count!"
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The Iranians recently purchased top of the line Russian systems. I recall these are the same Russian systems shredded by the Israelis on their way to take out that NORK "test lab." The Iranian air defense isn't the problem. It's the number of hidden sites that's truly problematic.
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad told a visiting US delegation on Saturday that he wants a "constructive" dialogue with Washington after years of hostility, the official Sana news agency reported.
Al Assad told Congressman Adam Smith of the "importance of the opening of a positive and constructive dialogue between Syria and the United States based on common interests and mutual respect," it said.
Sana said members of the US delegation in turn highlighted "Syria's important role in the Middle East and the desire of the new adminstration to develop American-Syrian relations for the benefit of regional stability."
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Iran paid homage on Saturday to its revolutionary father Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who landed in Tehran 30 years ago to set off the Islamic revolution, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the revolution would extend beyond Iranian borders.
Egypt on Friday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah of being an "agent of Iran," after his tirades against Cairo during Israel's military assault on the impoverished Palestinian territory. "Hassan Nasrallah's criticism of Egypt confirms once more that he is nothing more than an agent of the Iranian regime and takes his orders from Tehran," it charged in a government statement.
Iran says its newly-built air-defense system would fully protect its nuclear installations as it can engage targets as high as 55,000 feet. Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Saturday that Iran's "new 100mm anti-aircraft gun is capable of reaching target enemy aircraft at an altitude of 55,000 feet (about 18 kilometers)." 
