Comments on: Taking on Iran’s air force

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:06:12 +0000

Any attack against Iran, if happens, will happen from North and the south simultaniously. From the north, over the Caspian sea, Formatins of dozens of unmaned planes likes the gloabl hawks or the predetors, each carrying antiradiations missiles to hit all the radar instalations. These planes play the role of decoy in order to foul the Iranian airforce personnel. Once these predetors are close to their target they will open fire toward Iranian radar instalation. Once the Iranian airforce is fooled, the Iranian will send airforce fighter planes toward the unmanned planes. Once the Iranian planes are airborned they will get hit by row of F-22s behind the formations of the unammed planes about 100 miles behind. Some US umanned planes will be destroyed but in return all the Iranian radar instalations along with Iranian Airforce planes will be visible to the F-22 radars. The F-22 then hit all the Iranian fighter planes from a distance of 100 miles and all the Iranian radar instalation will be also destroy. Therefore they pave the way for B-1 and B-2 stealth bomber with new buker busting bombs. The will destroy all the military and nuclear facilities before returning to their bases. Iranian airforce will be without defence and the US Navy will send showers of tomohaks missiles to hit other military and economical taget in Iran.

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:24:25 +0000

Iran planned to purchase 250 SU 30 (not 300) but after finding out that the export version of SU 30 is far inferior to the domestic version in terms of aviotics and electronics, especially for a country like Iran which would love to take a copy apart and incorporate the technology into its own aircrafts industry. The Iranian found out that the Export version is even more inferior to the aging F-16 and F-15 currently being retired in the Saudi and Israeli airfoce.

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:57:58 +0000

Dear Mr. David Axe, you findings are way too optmistic about the Iranian airforce. Remember, sadams four largest army of the world got defeated without any contest while sadam himself hide in a rathole! That was an Iraqi army that was battle READY due to 8 years of Iran-Iraq war. What make the Iranian armforces a ‘FORCE’ to be reconned with is out of my understanding! You are putting too many accents over the word F-14,Mig 29.…but these are only alphabates followed by numbers! That is the Iranian airforce. When a country who has been under sanction for decades and who passenger planes, military planes fall off the skys due to poor maintenance, do you call teh ‘FORMIDABLE?’ Trust me, the only middle eastern airforce to be reconned with is the one of Israel.

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:28:37 +0000

The only reason that this regime has survived is due to massive repression on those intellectual masses like college sutdents/professors, jounalists, middle class families…and through high subsidies for the majority who are poor in order to keep them quiet. At the same time the regime has stoolen billions of Dollars by hidding them in small islands of far east, china, Russia and some European bank who recently frozen those accounts, thank you very much old chap! If Iran did not have the second reserve of oil by now the regime would have collapsed. This regime is to the benefit of the arm industry since it has caused all teh oil rich states to buy useless western arms at 200% premium and also these oil rich countries have transfered trillions of dollars into western bank. Therefore the Iranian regime has been a blessing to the west AND to the state of Israel in terms of military and financial help! Now if Iran was a democracy, do you think that the west would have made so much profit? I don’t think so! It is all about money!

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:46:56 +0000

Iranian nuclear facilities and airforce basis are poorly protected. Iran uses Rapier short range missiles, TOR and AAA to protect. The are vulnarable in many ways. Rapier is a short range misile and has a limited sealing. It can get hit by a missile flying its short range sealing. TOR 1 is a good diffensive system but has a short sealiong coverage also. It can get hit by a hi flying missile. AAA are not a good match against missiles. If Russia would have delivered the S-300 missiles then the game would have been over for the west since the S-300 are the most advance defensive missile that can hit any western planes up to 90,000 feet sealing. That includes F-22, B-1, F117.…But the ruskies have not delivered the planes since the are smart businessmen. They got paid for it buy Iran but the play that card well aginst the US and Israel for incentives.…Iran in return got screwed out of $1 billion! There you have it.

By: shahin

shahin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:04:07 +0000

I have studied the Iranian arm forces carefully. We must understand one thing. Any war is one by air! That is the most crutial point. The Iranians have 50 operational aircrafts. The F-14s are useless. Its radar is now outdated. The Iranian gave the Russian a copy of the F-14 with 6 pheonix missiles in exchange of military hardwares. The Russian tok the plane apart and incorporated some of its technology into its own. Now you wonder why the US Navy discontinued the F-114? Hummmm But the Iranian fleet has passed its prime and lacks proper maintenance and technology upgrade. Iran can fly only 5 F-14 at any given time but they are not combat capable to due metal fatig and salt water damage to the airframe since the Iranian airforce uses some F-14 in patrol in the Persian Gulf. The second point is that the day of dogfights are over! It will now take seconds for a western Airforce plane to shootdown the enemy. That is due to advance technology and PILOT TRAINING! Iranian planes are not only no match to the western airforces and teh Saudis or the Israelis, also Iranian pilots lack training. Before the revolution we had few topgun pilots but since than they either have fled the country, been executed or have retired many years ago. But today we have to yet find one qualified iranian pilot with one reasonably advanced airplane which has been properly maintained. Iran’s ONLY hope is build the bomb. Once they got it then it can dictate whatever it wants. But for now Iranian armforces, especially its airforce is weak. Iran has no Navy but few small chines patrol boats. Its 3 diesel subs are constantly in the shop due to repair nightmares. Iran only posses large quantities of ground troops. That is all.

By: Shalom

Shalom — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:38:12 +0000

asymmetry (warfare)
is as holy as Trinity
Even from the heavenly skies
(And I don’t even believe in the trinity)
(And I’m not jewish either)

By: aaa

aaa — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:18:47 +0000

if you realy think that USA is so powerful, why it does not atack to Iran ???????? why USA has been waiting for 30 years.
If USA would think that Iran is like Iraq and Afghanistan, why it didn’t do any attack against Iran ?
so it is not easy to attack. If it was, USA would attack 20 years before not now.

By: Iranian Soldier

Iranian Soldier — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:57:37 +0000

It seems that your ass is pushin in. Just don’t try Iran if you wanna keep it safe.

By: Iranian Soldier

Iranian Soldier — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:27:44 +0000

It seems you’ve a problem in your ass. Let’s kick it! If you plan to come to Iran, bring another ass for yourself since I don’t think you’d be able to move your own out. Besides, don’t forget new legs, you can’t escape with broken legs.
This was just an advice, you’re free to test or to live in peace. We are peace loving people.