Iran Fires Missile That Can Evade Radar

[Phil theStalker]

Originally posted by jcook11
You don't see the japanese pulling anymore Pearl Harbors do you....what was that thing we dropped on their ass called again?

A Wayne Newtron bomb.




HELLO JAPAN!
I'm Gonna Sing Yellow Rose Of Texas F4or Ya'll

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
I just read an article in a magazine about how the Iranians have reversed engineered their AIM-54A Phoenix missiles to effectively bring them up to AIM-54C standard. They've also put their F-14 fleet through a major overhaul to effectively bring them back to zero hour airframes, just when the US Navy is retiring both systems.

Well, I've heard that that's bollocks, and the Iranian F-14's can only effectively use their 20mm Vulcan Cannons as a weapon...

I highly doubt their Phoenix missiles are even air worthy at this point...

Where did you read this Herr Grimmy?

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Okay, so...what do you want to do about it?

Take military measures? Or, no, sit back and only get involved after we've already been struck?

My point is that the Iranians will only get "the bomb" after 2009, at the very earliest! We shouldn't panic in some rush to war when our troops can't even secure Iraq... Our Israeli "friends" have had the bomb for about 30-40 years now...

BTW, in case anyone cares, the worst thing we could do to Iran is withdraw from Iraq right now, and leave a big devolving clusterfuck on the verge of civil war on their border...

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
I just read an article in a magazine about how the Iranians have reversed engineered their AIM-54A Phoenix missiles to effectively bring them up to AIM-54C standard. They've also put their F-14 fleet through a major overhaul to effectively bring them back to zero hour airframes, just when the US Navy is retiring both systems.

I don't know about that but I seem to remember that you have a few letters after your name.

In the late 80s and early nineties when I was at UK universities they were full of Iranians studying physics and electronics.

[Mr Grimsdale]

Same when I was there in the 90s. We had a load of Iraqis too. In fact my university performed the structural inspection on the components for the Iraqi supergun! We thought it was for an oil refinery, honest!

[Mr Grimsdale]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
I don't know about that but I seem to remember that you have a few letters after your name.

In the late 80s and early nineties when I was at UK universities they were full of Iranians studying physics and electronics.

Seriously though, it would be something if the Iranians now have a superior air-to-air missile platform than anything the US fields. I guess without decent C&C it isn't worth much and by the time the AWG-9 has achieved a lock they're withing AMRAAM range anyway.

I love talking bollox like this.