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2006-01-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran may buy Chinese aircraft to equip air fleet

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Posted by Pappy 2006-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well that's done it...We're cooked!!

Posted by smn 2006-01-03 02:52|| 2006-01-03 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran = China > they gotta know wid the USA dev or deploying Raptors and JSF's, etc, beside what tried-and-true assets we already have, their Air Forces are all but toast. GROUND WAR. i.e. PC ASYMMETRIC "PEOPLE'S WAR", includ escalation to no more than Limited Nuclear War, remains their preferred option unto POTUS Hillary, and
"justified" anti-US AMERICAN Socialism and OWG.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-01-03 03:48|| 2006-01-03 03:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Guess they're looking for a reliable supplier of spares. Good luck.

Posted by Clise Grugum5913 2006-01-03 08:16|| 2006-01-03 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 If China sells those fuckers planes they should be removed from the WTO. That is something they could understand.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-03 10:41|| 2006-01-03 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with all the above.

Posted by bgrebel9 2006-01-03 11:52|| 2006-01-03 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Just what every fighter ace wants to see emblazoned across the canopy:

MADE IN CHINA

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-03 12:10|| 2006-01-03 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 This is simply Saddam Iraq redux.

Posted by Captain America 2006-01-03 12:44|| 2006-01-03 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 If I were going to sell a warplane to a potential enemy, I'd have a way to push a button and watch the engines shut off, the guns jam, and the canopy stick, all at the same time.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-03 13:39|| 2006-01-03 13:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Recommend that the Iranian nuclear situation be dealt with sooner vs later. If both Russia and China send technicians and trainers in there, we are in the soup. I suspect they will drop the hammer on Formosa.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-03 13:57|| 2006-01-03 13:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Chinese warplanes are junk.

Iranian Air Force doesn't even like the Russian stuff on offer (which is ten times better than anything the Chinese can cobble together). They've been exposed to American F-14s and look down on Ruski equipment. They won't even use Chinese stuff for target practice.

Posted by john 2006-01-03 14:07|| 2006-01-03 14:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Chinese aircraft are not exactly junk, just not very advanced in avionics and counters technology. It is the Chinese pilot training that sucks so much - low hours in the air, and the old Communist practice of ground controllers absolutely controlling the flight of the aircraft. Besides, if the Iranians are looking for good ground-attack aircraft, a lot of the MIG knockoffs are stars in that area.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-01-03 14:19|| 2006-01-03 14:19|| Front Page Top

#12 I've always hated American EP3-Orions.

Posted by WangWei 2006-01-03 14:25|| 2006-01-03 14:25|| Front Page Top

#13 They may have been exposed to F-14s, but they're 25 years old and I would doubt they could put too many in the air. A fleet of Chinese planes that can be maintained and flown would be vastly superior to the highest tech hanger hog that gets the pilot zero flight hours.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-03 15:14|| 2006-01-03 15:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Why do the Iranians want to buy a bunch of targets?

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2006-01-03 19:16|| 2006-01-03 19:16|| Front Page Top

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