Air Defense Capability - Iran

[LearLove]

But that "reconfigured" F-5 they have is awesome!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saeqeh-fighter-plane-test-Tehran1_(4).jpg

Telephone: ring ring ring
Iran: "Hello, you have reached the Air Force of Iran"
Caller: "Yes it's the Blue Angles calling, we would like our paint job back"

 

[bssthound]

Yes, but what if the radar operator is a heel?

:laugh: HILARIOUS!!:laugh:

 

[Zulu]

Whatever. I would not mess with the Tomcat regardless of who is flying it.

Of course you wouldn't, but that's more a reflection on you than on the capabilities of an Iranian F-14.

Z

 

[C-150ETOPS]

Whatever. I would not mess with the Tomcat regardless of who is flying it.

Listen to instructordude, he knows the Tomcat and it's capabilities.

He's far to humble to brag that he spent some time driving that beast. Here is a pic from about 5 years ago taken as he was taxiing to the waist cat.

http://www.lctn.com/air-sho/graphics/fea8.jpg

 

[SIG600]

listen to instructordude, he knows the tomcat and it's capabilities.

He's far to humble to brag that he spent some time driving that beast. Here is a pic from about 5 years ago taken as he was taxiing to the waist cat.

http://www.lctn.com/air-sho/graphics/fea8.jpg

bwah hahahahahahaha!

 

[Draginass]

I can just imagine the stunned silence in the briefing room as some raghead political mullah briefs Iranian pilots that they are getting the chance to reek havoc death and destruction on the American Air Force. Mission planning will be easy. Plot direct course for Iraq with the gear down and land at on first piece of concrete. Sell airplane to first donkey cart junk wagon that comes along. Use money to buy a good time in Bagdad.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

I can just imagine the stunned silence in the briefing room as some raghead political mullah briefs Iranian pilots that they are getting the chance to reek havoc death and destruction on the American Air Force. Mission planning will be easy. Plot direct course for Iraq with the gear down and land at on first piece of concrete. Sell airplane to first donkey cart junk wagon that comes along. Use money to buy a good time in Bagdad.

Uh, wait a minute, wasn't that just describing Iraq in 1991?

 

[sstearns2]

Without poking into classified info, is Iran's Air Defense capability formidable or would we go though there like $hit through a goose?

I imagine we could handle their air defenses, but we could not handle it if they reacted to an attack by taking out oil tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz with the large number of surface to surface missles they have along that coast or worse yet if they targeted those missles to take out the Saudi oil infastructure.

The reality is that the Iranians could economically ruin us with a dozen missles targeted to take out oil production and transportation. Iran already controls quite a bit of the oil that comes out of Iraq. Imagine if they shut off that oil flow and all the shipping out of the Persian Gulf? We can shut off the lights in Tehran and they can send oil to $500 a barrel.

Cheers,
Scott

 

[2000Easyguy]

Telephone: ring ring ring
Iran: "Hello, you have reached the Air Force of Iran"
Caller: "Yes it's the Blue Angles calling, we would like our paint job back"

Haha, maybe they think if they have the paint scheme the rest will follow!

 

[chris69]

See:
http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publicat...irSea_Battle/R.20100219.Why_AirSea_Battle.pdf
Ch.3, p.27-36 or just p.32 for IAD.
Gets more challenging if Iran actually acquires the SA-20/S-300 from Russia.
See:
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Grumble-Gargoyle.html
For open source analyst take. Can't confirm or deny accuracy of above.

 

[LearLove]

someone tell iran the nazis want their buzz bomb back

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_unmanned_bomber

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]Iran's [COLOR=#366388! important]enemies[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR].
The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), according to a state TV report — not far enough to reach archenemy Israel.
"The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship," said Ahmadinejad at the [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]inauguration [COLOR=#366388! important]ceremony[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], which fell on the country's national day for its defense industries.
The goal of the aircraft, named Karrar or striker, is to "keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases," he said, adding that the aircraft is for deterrence and defensive purposes.
The president championed the country's military self-sufficiency program, and said it will continue "until the enemies of humanity lose hope of ever attacking the Iranian nation."
Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980-88 war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo and now produces its own tanks, armored personnel carries, missiles and even a [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]fighter [COLOR=#366388! important]plane[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR].
Iran frequently makes announcements about new advances in military technology that cannot be independently verified.
State TV later showed video footage of the plane taking off from a [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]launching [COLOR=#366388! important]pad[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and reported that the craft traveled at speeds of 560 miles per hour (900 kilometers) and could alternatively be armed with two 250-pound bombs or a 450-pound guided bomb.
Iran has been producing its own light, [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]unmanned [COLOR=#366388! important]surveillance [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388! important]aircraft[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] since the late 1980s.
The ceremony came a day after Iran began to fuel its first nuclear power reactor, with the help of Russia, amid international concerns over the possibility of a military dimension to its nuclear program.
Iran insists it is only interested in generating electricity.
Referring to Israel's occasional threats against Iran's nuclear facilities, Ahmadinejad called any attack unlikely, but he said if Israel did, the reaction would be overwhelming.
"The scope of [COLOR=#366388! important][COLOR=#366388! important]Iran's [COLOR=#366388! important]reaction[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] will include the entire the earth," said Ahmadinejad. "We also tell you — the West — that all options are on the table."
Ahmadinejad appeared to be consciously echoing the terminology used by the U.S. and Israel in their statements not ruling out a military option against Iran's nuclear facilities.
On Friday, Iran also test-fired a new liquid fuel surface-to-surface missile, the Qiam-1, with advanced guidance systems.

 

[Fox-Tree]

not far enough to reach archenemy Israel.

"Archenemy"??? :erm:

Did this journalist write comic books in a previous life - isn't the Joker or Lex Luthor usually referred to as an "archenemy". I think they're also usually the bad guy.

I guess we know where he stands.