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2019-03-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran’s fighter jets are a major force: report

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Posted by Fred 2019-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 So.. curious.. did they changes the parts to metric ones for metric tools ?

Posted by 3dc 2019-03-27 00:52|| 2019-03-27 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 If Iran has managed to integrate newer avionics and radar systems,

They haven't...

the F-5 knock-off could be a threat to be wary of.

It won't...

And Iran begins to produce the fighter in numbers,

They can't...

their aerospace manufacturing base will only improve.

See also, "It won't."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-03-27 04:33|| 2019-03-27 04:33|| Front Page Top

#3 To feature Goatwinder-2 missiles.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-03-27 08:17|| 2019-03-27 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 And five times a day at specific times the missiles turn to head east, descend in altitude, and bang their nosecones on the ground.

Posted by gorb 2019-03-27 09:05|| 2019-03-27 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 After all, boasting about a broadsword in the age of the machine gun is simply an invitation for ridicule.

Broadsword? I don't think we even have a shillelagh here.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-27 10:51|| 2019-03-27 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 The last time an F-5 was relevant as an OPFOR weapon was when they painted them black, and used them in the movie Top Gun.

Posted by Vespasian Unairt7733 2019-03-27 12:43|| 2019-03-27 12:43|| Front Page Top

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