[secondmortgagek]

I think I'm missing the humor.

[55Beaphable]

Didn't read the whole article, but does this mean, that Iran has some old F14s and they can't basically maintain them unless someone sells them spare parts, which is looking unlikely right now?

It would be funny if this was all the Iranian airforce has, they'd be majorly ****ed. I guess they are anyway, if they still use F14s... Imagine if we were able to come to an agreement, where no western nation would sell advanced weaponry to Iran? That would be enough to sustain some of the hot air IMO. I mean what are you going to do? Granted, a nuke, but land warfare, you stand no chance defending, if that's your airforce....

Their airforce couldn't make a battle for the air superiority now, what they could do and would try to do is take temporary superiority over some regions, so they can strike the land forces every now and then. But they'd be running a fool's errand if they wanted to use their resources fighting enemy aircraft. So, mostly for strategic bombing purposes. Then again, they'd need good places to hide the jets with a short runway to be able to run an operation like that for longer times, I don't know about Iran but for example we have those ready made all over, so you can stick the F18 into a barn and **** like that, just accelerate in the road and take off, but somehow I have difficulties imagining Iran doing the same. What I see happening is 'FOR THE GLORY OF IRANNN!' and they'd assemble few fleets and... crash during the first day.

[crestorinfo]

House backs ban?

[uncoodync]

I think we would destroy almost every aircraft they have on the ground. We track every military aircraft that takes off from Iran (that we can see), I remember sitting there watching them on the tactical display do so (most of their major installations are near the coast line).

In the event of an attack into the Gulf, there are probably on the order of 200-300 coalition and local power aircraft available, and almost all are vastly superior to Iran's inventory. Not to mention the defacto SAM wall that is 15-20 coalition warships in the gulf, most of which have a range of 100nm plus.

[Kiliunjubl]

They could always bury them like Iraq.

[KeettyGlots]

at (not with) Pekka

[TXmjLW9b]

What part would you find amusing? THe part where your pimp promised to make you the bottom *****, but instead you got only 1 day a week to sleep in his bed, or the part where I ruled this thread?

[robinthesearchmasterh]

Patrokolos, yeah. I think they buried the jets for other reasons though. Maybe they realized they will get raped, so you know, let's bury some of this stuff. I don't know. There could be many reasons though. None of them makes sense to me.