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16-01-07, 09:49 PM | #1 |
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16-01-07, 11:39 PM | #2 | |
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There is one country out there in the world right now which still flies F-14 Tomcats, they bought them from the USA back in the 70’s. I am talking about Iran. The pentagon retired the American fleet and now they have a warehouse full of parts for these planes. Now I am no expert but would it not make sense to destroy all these parts? I would think so, unfortunately the pentagon disagrees and is having these parts transferred to an agency, which holds public surplus auctions, and these parts will be up for sale. I wonder, who on earth would want to buy them. Is it Joe Blow in Iowa who is building his own Tomcat to fly around the neighborhood or is it Iran with the whole Axis of Evil thing.
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17-01-07, 01:13 PM | #4 |
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Iran shot down a predator drone a few days ago that had violated their airspace.
And some time this week or next will be completing the installation of 3000 centrifuges capable of producing weapons grade material. These sites are buried so deep that even the new illegally developed bunker buster mini nukes may not be able to destroy them. Russia just sent them 30 SAMs that are capable of shooting down stealth bombers. China has been and continues to supply Iran with nuclear weapons and ICBM technology that they stole from the USA. Meanwhile the Bush admin puffs out their banny rooster chests and postures and accomplishes nothing. Sorry if you disagree but Iran has a right to defend their soverignty. It is their home; not yours and not mine. They decide what is best for them and how they want to live and as long as it does not effect me, I have no problem with that. The question is: Why does the Bush admin? What is the real reasons for the saber rattling from the paper ducks? |
17-01-07, 01:33 PM | #5 |
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The F14 aircraft were originally sold to Iran during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (the last Shah of Iran).
The Iranian order totaled 80 F14 Tomcats and 714 AIM54 Phoenix missiles. The supply included spare engines and spare parts for about 10 years. It is believed only about 10 of the aircraft remain operational. There have been some very serious and embarrassing failures of security regarding diversion of military parts sold legitimately as surplus and subsequently diverted to Iranian agents.
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As for the F-14’s, not to concerned about them, the technology of these aircrafts Iran has are very limited, it just seems odd they would put parts up for sale when really the only people who would want them right now are the enemy.
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17-01-07, 02:46 PM | #7 | |
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We all really hope they decide that peace is what's best for them, but our hope will not factor into their decision at all. Their leaders are at least as stubborn and hawkish as ours which means they will start a war sooner or later. And it will affect you, believe it or not; world wars tend to effect everyone. Last edited by Mazer : 17-01-07 at 02:57 PM. |
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17-01-07, 07:36 PM | #8 |
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it's more plausible that Iran's leaders are not as stupid as our leaders and are not going to start a war they cannot possibly win. why would they?
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17-01-07, 09:58 PM | #9 |
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Because they think the U.S. government is being taken over by selfish cowards who won't lift a finger to help other people live in freedom.
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