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2006-02-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by 2006-02-15 10:07|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If so much as a single US soldier gets killed with any of this Russian hardware, we owe them one.

Payback is a bitch.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-15 11:22|| 2006-02-15 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah! We'll, we'll...we'll send 'em all to Russia. That'll fix 'em good.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-15 11:27|| 2006-02-15 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey Russia got a good thing going, they know the USA is going destroy anything they sell to Iran, why do they care they still getting paid.

Posted by djohn66 2006-02-15 12:03|| 2006-02-15 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Since nobody ever seems to come up to go air-to-air with the US anymore, I'm kinda worried about all them US flyjockies running into each other in their excitment at getting shot at an ATA kill. ;)

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2006-02-15 12:11|| 2006-02-15 12:11|| Front Page Top

#5 As far as i know, modern air warfare is NOT about POSSESSING fighter jets anymore.
Pilot training, radar capacities(ground and airborne), on-board electronics and missile range matter most.

So let the russian cash their checks,and iranians marvel at the new paint on their fighters..... for about 30 mn.

I would be more worried if russian sell them advanced SAM systems.

Posted by frenchfregoli">frenchfregoli 2006-02-15 12:28|| 2006-02-15 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 The SU-25s are going to be some nice targets for our aircraft. Iran has little to no good intercept fighters so the SU-25s will have a brief and not so glorious flight against US positions.

Posted by mmurray821 2006-02-15 12:32|| 2006-02-15 12:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Sort of like selling a kid balloons when the tyke lives in a house made out of thumbtacks.

Posted by Zenster 2006-02-15 12:41|| 2006-02-15 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Russia is responsibile for more deaths than any one country, I'll never forget that!

Posted by Cruting Wherese8001 2006-02-15 13:49|| 2006-02-15 13:49|| Front Page Top

#9 No, more like selling ballons when the kid next door has a brand new BB gun.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-15 14:04|| 2006-02-15 14:04|| Front Page Top

#10 selling Saddam's fav GPS jammers too?

Posted by Frank G 2006-02-15 14:51|| 2006-02-15 14:51|| Front Page Top

#11 CW, hate to break it to you, but check out China.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-15 14:52|| 2006-02-15 14:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Disposable consumerism... a beautiful thing:)

(By the way, it's ironic that it took Communist China to perfect Disposable Capitalist Consumerism, via mega crap that barely makes it out of the check-out line before self destructing, and should have a label that says, "Caution: This product will fail if used as intended...)

Posted by Hyper">Hyper 2006-02-15 17:09|| 2006-02-15 17:09|| Front Page Top

#13 The air force is drawing lottery numbers to see who gets to kill these birds. We should get a kickback from Russia.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-02-15 18:25|| 2006-02-15 18:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Russia needs cash. They would sell their grandmothers if the deal involved hard currency. Hey, maybe we could sell them some software upgrades for the avionics on those Sukhois. Blue Screen of Death(tm), anyone?

Posted by SteveS 2006-02-15 22:52|| 2006-02-15 22:52|| Front Page Top

#15 Some Mil forums posters believe [unconfirmed] IRAN will only get three - THREE! Iran must either strike first with every asset its got, or else end up like Saddam and bury them in the desert for potential future utility once Russia-China and America start shooting at each other, as
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, like SUICIDE/CAR BOMBINGS, is pretty much a POLITICAL-PR WEAPON, NOT A MIL ONE. THE LEFTIES WANT DUBYA AND AMERICA TO WAR EVERYWHERE AND CREATE GLOBAL EMPIRE, BUT NOT TO GOVERN OR CONTROL SAID EMPIRE. Fascist = Limited COmmunist/Socialist, Defective, Incompetent, Dishonest, Warmongering Male Brute Bully Thug Washington must expand and expand, Socializing Regulating Centralizing Militarizing and Bureaucratizing everything and everyone, but take no action against America's enemies vv new 9-11's. The NPE can yell and scream bloody murder, but don't do.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-15 23:10|| 2006-02-15 23:10|| Front Page Top

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