09-23-2009, 04:03 PM | #11 |
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NSA Recording Confirms Confusion in Iranian Air Disaster.
BY Heywood Jablome, API 09/23/2009 Unnamed sources at the National Security Administration, leaked a tape to media outlets earlier today, that reveals panic and confusion as the cause of an Iranian military aircraft collision that claimed the lives of seven crewmen. The crash between an Iranian Air Force AWACS plane, and an F4E fighter plane, occurred just moments after a military parade attended by Mahood Achmedickintheass. The following transcript was translated and released early this morning: AWACS Radar Operator #1: BLIP! I see a BLIP! AWACS Radar Operator #2: I no see blip. OP #1: Is BLIP! Right there on screen! OP #2: Is not blip, is Hummus. OP #1:Is not Hummus, is blip! OP #2: You have Hummus for lunch, and you are pig. Is Hummus. Op #1: Move too fast for Hummus, and I have Cous Cous for lunch. Pilot: Plane! Plane! Crash Alarm!!! Op #1: Told you it was blip! (end transmission) JC
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09-23-2009, 05:05 PM | #12 |
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the f5s were designed from the start to be cheap to build operate and maintain with its sights set squarely on the third world. Iran has them completely reverse engineered at this point and leaned heavily on the design for their local built azherkesh. No excuses for something that nimble colliding though lol. i heard they had been using their last running f14 as an awacs. Wonder what they'll do now
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09-23-2009, 05:26 PM | #14 |
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Iran has a pretty substantial industrial complex. Their aerospace industry is pretty developed.It's tough (ask South Korea, India, France, China, Israel) to develop decent engines so they do rely somewhat on foreign expertise. Due to sanctions and tons of other political crap imposed on them they have been restricted in what they can do in terms of metallurgy so airframes are more likely going to be refurbished stuff from current inventory.
They still have I think about 20 airworthy F-14's with spares and a few more capable of being refurbished. They were used as AWACS during the Iraq-Iran war. They've invested some $$$ in ground based systems so losing the AWACS isn't a huge loss as the defense doctrine wasn't built around it. Either way, they'll probably have another one up soon enough now that they have experience with it. On a side note...despite the eclectic mix of ghetto fabulous equipment, they apparently have some top notch low level fliers over there. |
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I love this guy, he is epic fail of the political world. Even when he is spouting off about the Holocaust being fake, you just want to go up to the guy and give him a high five.
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True. As long as by "top notch" you mean "can't keep from bumping into each other and crashing into a national monument in a giant ball of flames during a PR event."
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