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2010-08-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Debka: Iran's Military UAV Program Dies in Bombing

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Posted by Water Modem 2010-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 The guy didn't have a deputy? Was he running the program from his basement?

Poetic justice would have been a kamikaze UAV crashing into his home....

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-08-17 08:15|| 2010-08-17 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 "DEBKAfile Exclusive Report"

Which means they made it up. I have never seen a DEBKA "exclusive" turn out to be true yet.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-08-17 15:28|| 2010-08-17 15:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Having once worked for an Iranian PHD (expatriate?) my hunch is a lot of their stuff if not most, doesn't work right. I fixed a software bug that had been causing the system to intermittently crash (which he had originally written) for months and which he kept insisting was a hardware problem, which resulted in great expense for replacement parts and labor, and it would crash during demos. I think he was pissed when I fixed it.

Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-08-17 17:40|| 2010-08-17 17:40|| Front Page Top

#4 TOPIX > NORTH KOREA FLEW DRONE OVER SENSITIVE SEA BORDER: SOUTH KOREA. Seoul = ROK is repor also analyzing the North's NEW MBT [improved
T-62 variant]???

ION TOPIX > NORTH KOREA REJECTS SOUTH'S UNIFICATION PROPOSAL [decadent US-led plot to weaken + attack DPRK].

* SAME > CHINA INCREASES MILITARY ADVANTAGE OVER TAIWAN: PENTAGON. USDOD Report argues that China desires to improve + increase its mil capabilities to strike beyond Taiwan, i.e. conduct efffec LR MilOps agz MOST OF JAPAN, PHILIPPINES + AS FAR AWAY AS GUAM.

DREAM > may explain, in part, why [Red-Star]PLAAF PLANES are flying oer + near FUTURE GUAM-WESTPAC.

* SAME > PENTAGON DEMANDS ON CHINESE MILITARY [Openness = Transparency] IMPOSSIBLE: WARN SCHOLARS | CHINA UNABLE TO SATISFY US ON MILITARY OPENNESS.

* WMF > [Global Times] US EXPERTS: US COULD SUFFER TOTAL MIL FAIL IN WAGING WAR AGZ CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS.

* CHINA + CPLA enjoy LOCAL SUPERIORITY.
* CHINA is in better STRATEGIC REGIONAL POSITION vee US-Allies.
* Potential US Allies are intimidated by China + thus are hesitant to induce CPLA military retaliation agz their Countries.
* China continues to make steady significant improvements to its LR Missle, Air, + Naval capabilities [force projection].

VERSUS

TOPIX > VARIOUS > CHINA STILL A "DEVELOPING COUNTRY" DESPITE ECON TAKEOVER FROM JAPAN [World #2 behind USA].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-17 23:55|| 2010-08-17 23:55|| Front Page Top

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