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US warplanes violate Iran's air space
Persian Journal ^
| 8/24/04
| Persian Journal
Posted on 08/24/2004 9:14:28 PM PDT by freedom44
Five US warplanes entered Iran's air space last Thursday night from the southwestern Shalamcheh border and flew over the city of Khorramshahr for a while, press reports said Tuesday.
According the Persian daily Seday-e Edalat, 'the jet fighters which flew at high speed and altitude, then headed to the Arvand River'.
"They flew at a height of 10 kilometers and maneuvered over Khorramshahr for a while," the paper said.
"While the objective behind the fighters' violation of the Iranian air space is not known yet, some military specialists believe such moves are aimed at assessing the sensitivity of the Islamic Republic's anti-aircraft defense system," it added.
It said military and air force officials had refrained from commenting on the incident when contacted.
Iran has been wary of the occupation forces' presence on its doorsteps in Iraq and carefully watched their movements.
Tehran, while opposing Iraq's invasion, took a position of `active neutrality' at the time of the attack.
In June, Iranian naval guards seized three British boats with eight crew in the country's territorial waters in Arvand river, which borders Iraq.
The servicemen, two Royal Navy sailors and six Royal Marine commandos, were later released.
Their equipment reportedly consisted of personal weapons, radios and navigation equipment, including echo sounders to measure the depth of the water, global positioning systems to identify the exact position and up-to-date maritime charts.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; iranairspace; next; southwestasia
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:14:28 PM PDT
by
freedom44
To: freedom44
2
posted on
08/24/2004 9:15:25 PM PDT
by
old-ager
To: freedom44
Hmmm.... testing? Ya think?
3
posted on
08/24/2004 9:15:55 PM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
(It's a fight to the death with Democrats.)
To: freedom44
Iran should learn soon, never play chicken with a superpower.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:16:37 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(Kerry is Toast du Francai')
To: Hoosier-Daddy
Bet we know where a lot of SAM radars are tonight...
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:17:17 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: freedom44
Gotta test their anit-aircraft systems and interceptor response time somehow...
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:17:27 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Kerry lied while people died)
To: freedom44
We also know what F117s and B2s they picked up (or should I say didn't).
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:19:45 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(Kerry is Toast du Francai')
To: Army Air Corps
....saying, "go ahead make my day."
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:20:07 PM PDT
by
oyez
(¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
To: knighthawk; McGavin999; SJackson; tet68; sionnsar; Stultis; river rat; risk; F14 Pilot; ...
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:20:48 PM PDT
by
freedom44
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: freedom44
Time to "drop" something?
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:21:36 PM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(Kerry is a threat to national security)
To: Hoosier-Daddy
testing would have been a lone plane. No, this sounds like some kind of low level mapping mission or to gauge the response that is mustered from the Iran Air Force.
They were trying to see if they would launch intercepts. Apparently, the Iranian Pilots just pissed in their planes as the Mullahs held guns to their heads. Fortunately for them, the piss shorted out the planes avionics.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:22:09 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: freedom44
Five US warplanes
It's a shame they didn't pick up the 4 B2 bombers and 12 F117's that were also there.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:22:10 PM PDT
by
Tailback
To: Army Air Corps
lol...I bet the Iranians were totally caught with their pants down...err with their turbins unwrapped.
To: freedom44
Its a warning. We aren't fooling.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:23:40 PM PDT
by
marron
To: freedom44
Very thin piece of airspace there. I was accused of the same thing once. I didn't have much trouble proving it was the next package consisting of French photo recce aircraft which were the offending aircraft.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:23:47 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
To: freedom44
Here's what I would say... "Get your fighters out of Iraq and we might stay out of your airspace."
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:24:06 PM PDT
by
lawdog
To: freedom44
It said military and air force officials had refrained from commenting on the incident when contacted. Right, and they are lucky they lived to tell about it.
To: freedom44
All Iran's airspace are belong to us
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:24:53 PM PDT
by
MJY1288
(John Kerry Says he Would Conduct a More Thoughtful and Sensitive War on Terror)
To: freedom44
I am not sure I believe that this even happened.
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posted on
08/24/2004 9:30:50 PM PDT
by
Veloxherc
(To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
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