Iraqi 'Mach 3' MiG Buried in Sand (Charles Smith)

NewsMax.com ^ | August 6, 2003 | Charles Smith

[Sparta]

Not destroyed. Disabled.

My apologies.

[HRC]

I am looking for Saddam. Where do I have to start digging?

[CCCV]

I don't even think F14's can (not sure) Nope. F14's supposed to be a bit slower than the F15 (again not from first-hand knowlege), but the F15(A,B& C's, Don't know about the new Strike Eagle) can run around mach 2.2 or so; but not for long, it burns a tremendous amount of fuel at that speed.

[onedoug]

Uh, gee...how come we didn't find these hidden things right away?

[ASA Vet]

Ya think maybe a faraday cage around our smaller chip technology might be better?

[lmailbvmbipfwedu]

I wonder what a magnetic survey would bring out. It seems to me that by hanging an magnetometer on a UAV and flying a regular grid pattern these thing would pop out like the new man at a nudist colony. Then there is gravity, LADAR, and other remote sensing techniques......

[CCCV]

I don't even think F14's can (not sure)
Nope. F14's supposed to be a bit slower than the F15 (again not from first-hand knowlege), but the F15(A,B& C's, Don't know about the new Strike Eagle) can run around mach 2.2 or so; but not for long, it burns a tremendous amount of fuel at that speed.

[Veracious Poet]

From the pictures and the age of the planes (20+ years old), I doubt these birds are any threat at all...except to any pilot who might be crazy enough to fly one of them.

More propaganda from Iraq...

[RJL]

The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian and French made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U.N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad.

This could be interesting.

[HighRoadToChina]

What was your pic?

[Pyro7480]

This sounds sort of like the scare involving early Soviet nuclear subs. There was an incident where an aircraft carrier was being tracked by a Soviet sub, and the sub was able to keep up with the carrier, which was going 30+ knots. The only reason that they were able to go that fast was because the Soviet shipbuilders cut back on radiation shielding, and because of that, many of the sailors who served on such subs got cancer.

[HighRoadToChina]

What was your pic?

[HighRoadToChina]

What was your pic?

[nevergore]

"However, in recent days the critics have fallen silent as word quietly leaked from Iraq that major discoveries have already been made and are now being documented completely. Bush administration officials are keeping any such discoveries secret for the moment.

This is the most profound statement in the article!

Everyone new of the Iraqi jets buried in the sand before the conflict began...That is one of the reasons Saddam executed his top Air Force General because he stood down per our military's instructions......

Wait....Rumsfield at Bush's direction is carefully cataloging all WMD sites and documantary evidence for a comprehensive presentation to Congress and the American people sometime this fall... The DemoRats will be scurrying for cover......

NeverGore

[CCCV]

I don't even think F14's can (not sure)
Nope. F14's supposed to be a bit slower than the F15 (again not from first-hand knowlege), but the F15(A,B& C's, Don't know about the new Strike Eagle) can run around mach 2.2 or so; but not for long, it burns a tremendous amount of fuel at that speed.

[Sparta]

Su-35 figher

[swheats]

The recovery of the advanced MiG fighter is considered to be an intelligence coup by the U.S. Air Force. The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian and French made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U.N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad.

sweeeeet justice.

[Veracious Poet]

From the pictures and the age of the planes (20+ years old), I doubt these birds are any threat at all...except to any pilot who might be crazy enough to fly one of them.

More propaganda from Iraq...

[Pyro7480]

This sounds sort of like the scare involving early Soviet nuclear subs. There was an incident where an aircraft carrier was being tracked by a Soviet sub, and the sub was able to keep up with the carrier, which was going 30+ knots. The only reason that they were able to go that fast was because the Soviet shipbuilders cut back on radiation shielding, and because of that, many of the sailors who served on such subs got cancer.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Sure. If you have the money, talent, and the parts. That being said, I very seriously doubt that they would have ever flown again under Saddam's flag.

However, the U.S. may just get them flying again for the new Iraq government so that they can defend themselves.