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2004-06-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran threatens Israel with matching reply: Nuclear facilitiesâ bombing plan

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Posted by .com 2004-06-03 2:42:08 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My money is on Israel.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-06-03 8:05:28 AM|| 2004-06-03 8:05:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Me too!

Posted by Phil B 2004-06-03 8:15:04 AM|| 2004-06-03 8:15:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's loan Israel an air strip in Iraq in return for completing the job by June 30.

Posted by Mullah Buster 2004-06-03 8:59:40 AM|| 2004-06-03 8:59:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 What's the Iran AF's first line fighter-bomber? (Flyable, I mean. The F-14s don't count.)

Posted by Mike 2004-06-03 9:06:49 AM|| 2004-06-03 9:06:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 they'll probably send chem/bio tipped missles at Israel. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't already have operatives mixed in with the Paleos ready for targeting or dispersal of chem/bio weapons.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-06-03 10:17:03 AM|| 2004-06-03 10:17:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 What's the Iran AF's first line fighter-bomber?
According to their website, the Iranian Air Force has the following aircraft: F-4 Phantom, F-5 Tiger, Shenyang F-6, F-7 Airguard, F-14 Tomcat, MiG-29 Fulcrum, Su-17/20/22 Fitter, Su-24 Fencer, and Su-25 Frogfoot. Unless they bought a bunch of spare parts on E-bay, I think we can write off the old US aircraft.

Posted by Steve 2004-06-03 10:28:54 AM|| 2004-06-03 10:28:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Betting the Mig-29 and the best and brightest are on alert near the nuke sites.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-03 11:01:46 AM|| 2004-06-03 11:01:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Just try it Iran! lol love to see em try. watch the human wave attacks by Iranian infantry try and reach Israel, yeah there gonna get real far.I'm sure if Iran started then several other stupid countries in the area - read Syria,Sauidi - may join in with them and get a kickin too!

Posted by Shep UK 2004-06-03 11:55:56 AM|| 2004-06-03 11:55:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 Betting the Mig-29 and the best and brightest are on alert near the nuke sites. yeah but they'd never even know what hit em if the operation was carried out properaly,besides a f-15s flying CAP/Escoting the stike package should deal with them easy. Not to ever underestimate an eneamy but remember Serbia and Iraq too they both,or should i say the people that hoped they would win all said oh yeh the Mig 29 rah rah rah but at the end of the day they and thier pilots wrer shit

Posted by Shep UK 2004-06-03 11:59:00 AM|| 2004-06-03 11:59:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 ...Just before I got out, one of our F-16 drivers from here at Shaw AFB whacked a MiG-29 while on a strike mission - flicked the switch, Fox One, switched back to air to ground and pressed on. The Iranian Air Force is a problem, not a threat.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-06-03 12:11:19 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:11:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 To anyone interested in a possible Iraeli raid, I highly recommend the book "Raid on the Sun". It describes the attack on the Osirak Reactor near Baghdad in 1981. The Israelis took a fairly straight route to hit the Osirak reactor and it took every bit of fuel they could manage. They did not refuel in flight. They stripped down their F-16's and added every possible external fuel tank. They had to finagle the centerline tank from the US because the US Government would not sell it to them intitially. They were not sure the planes would even get off the ground.

Attacking Iran from Israel is a much harder propostion. Do they have aircraft capable of attacking without refueling? Does Israel have aerial refueling capablitiy? Would the US look the other way as they crossed Iraqi airspace? How many targets would they have to hit? I suspect the technical difficulties are beyond Israel's capability (but they proved the F-16's manufacturers wrong in 1981, so who knows.) If it is going to happen, I think it will have to be a US operation and soon.

Posted by Zpaz 2004-06-03 12:11:45 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:11:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 take Israel and give the points.
Over /under on mullahs despatched to paradise
is 10,000.

Posted by Anonymous5075 2004-06-03 12:40:40 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:40:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 AF Sgt in Iraq: Sir, I've got unidentified bogey's entering Iraqi airspace from Israel!

Officer: No you don't.

Posted by AllahHateMe 2004-06-03 3:38:44 PM|| 2004-06-03 3:38:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The IDF does have a refuel capabilty but it's hard to say if it would be robust enough for the required strike.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-03 7:56:33 PM|| 2004-06-03 7:56:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Does Israel have aerial refueling capablitiy?

If so, just keep a KC-10 on standby. :)

If Iran is going to wage war by proxy on the U.S., then I see nothing wrong with assisting Israel if they decide that they need to take out Iran's facilities.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-03 10:16:03 PM|| 2004-06-03 10:16:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I can just see it:

Israeli pilot back from a successful raid, looks down on Qatar and sees a sign:

"Food, Gas, Exit here"

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