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Venezuela May Sell Its U.S.-Made F-16s to Iran
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Posted on 05/16/2006 9:48:51 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: armsbuildup; f16; hugochavez; hugoping; iran; venezuela
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To: Lunatic Fringe
How well-maintained are they? Are Iranian pilots any good? Do they have spare parts?
To: Lunatic Fringe
VENEZUELA TO SELL US-MADE FIGHTER JETS TO IRAN
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:50:11 AM PDT
by
West Coast Conservative
(Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
VENEZUELA TO SELL US-MADE FIGHTER JETS TO IRAN
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:50:13 AM PDT
by
West Coast Conservative
(Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Selling them is easy, actually delivering them to Iran is another matter altogether.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:50:23 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
I am 100% certain that there is a no transfer clause in the contract that Venezuela signed when they purchased them. They risk having them shot down or destroyed on the ground if they try this.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:51:03 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Sounds like it's time to sink a couple of ships.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:51:18 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
To: Larry Lucido
Good point. Besides, the Falcons may be outdated versions of the aircraft.
How many aircraft and how do they propose to get them to Iran?
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:52:50 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: Larry Lucido
The VENAF F16's are poorly maintained. They are at about 40% readiness.
The Iranians have the ability to get parts via circuitous means (they are still flying F14 TOMCATs). Apparently, VENAF is in negotiations to buy SU27's/30's.
We'll see how that goes.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:53:51 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
To: 2banana
The Big Giant Head of Venus-zuela may want that to happen.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:54:02 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Bikers4Bush
Looks like live ammo target practice for our pilots.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:54:07 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
The Soviets sold 'monkey models' of their fighter aircraft to eastern Europe and other customers. The export versions weren't as good as the real thing so that the USSR didn't worry about facing their own technology in battle.
That said, you'd think the US had resale-restrictions in the agreement to provide the aircraft in the first place. If not, it could get messy. For Iran, that is. The Israeli-modified version of the F-16 makes what Iran will be getting a monkey model.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:55:40 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: Lunatic Fringe
This is just more shock and awe from the wack jobs who keep driving up the price of oil
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:57:37 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: Larry Lucido
Hehe against Isreali pilots and their own advanced avionics??? That would be a great pay per view show.
To: Lunatic Fringe
It would be a shame if they were to be lost at sea during the trip...............
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:57:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In warfare there are no constant conditions. --- The Art of War by SunTzu)
To: Lunatic Fringe
I say good. They should absolutely do that.
And we should absolutely intercept them with some F-22's over the Atlantic...oh wait...they have no clue about inflight refueling and own no tankers, so...that is a no-go.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:58:07 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: roaddog727
One Raptor could take 'em all at once..............
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:58:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In warfare there are no constant conditions. --- The Art of War by SunTzu)
To: Larry Lucido
I imagine that they would use them for spare parts. The Iranians have quite a few old US planes.
Either way, those planes are no threat to us. I can't imagine an F-16 with 20 year old electronics would fare well against an F-22.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:59:49 AM PDT
by
oldleft
To: Larry Lucido
How well-maintained are they? Are Iranian pilots any good? Do they have spare parts?They're not. No. No.
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posted on
05/16/2006 10:00:36 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
( Silly Dems, AYBABTU.)
To: Red Badger
Yep - especially since VENAF can't fly worth a S##T.
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posted on
05/16/2006 10:00:52 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
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