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Iran close to closing deal with Russia for 250 Su-30MK
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mh/paris062107/index.php?startpage=10 ^

Posted on 07/27/2007 6:55:55 AM PDT by jhpigott

Show News has learned that Russia's Rosoboronexport (ROE) is close to signing a defense order with Iran that may be the largest in more than three decades.

(Excerpt) Read more at nxtbook.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: aerospace; iran; militarybuildup; redjihad; russianmilitary
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the Su-30MK is a formidable aircraft, a purchase like this is going to set some people off
1 posted on 07/27/2007 6:55:56 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: jeffers; Dog; Cap Huff; LTCJ

ping


2 posted on 07/27/2007 6:56:24 AM PDT by jhpigott
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Guess we need to gaze into Putin’s soul again.....


3 posted on 07/27/2007 7:00:44 AM PDT by misterrob (There's no difference between a knee jerk liberal and a knee jerk conservative.)
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To train 300 pilots on short notice won’t be too easy.


4 posted on 07/27/2007 7:16:06 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: jhpigott
As Frankie Pentangeli was heard to say to his Don, “Let’s hit em now, while we got the muscle.”
5 posted on 07/27/2007 7:18:48 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: jhpigott

Whatever. Flying targets. We could send them F-22s and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference if they actually had to face our pilots. It’ll piss the Saudis off though.


6 posted on 07/27/2007 7:19:17 AM PDT by Blackyce (President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.")
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To: jhpigott

U.S. vs ROE............part deux!.......


7 posted on 07/27/2007 7:21:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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with adequately trained pilots, 250 Su-30MKs could be a headache. Not going to prevent us from eventually obtaining air superiority, but those are good airframes, better than the stuff Mig puts out there


8 posted on 07/27/2007 7:22:00 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: CarrotAndStick
To train 300 pilots on short notice won’t be too easy.

Sure it will...........

Instruction #1: When you get within 200 miles of a Raptor, pull this handle between your legs.........

9 posted on 07/27/2007 7:22:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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To train 300 pilots on short notice won’t be too easy.

a good way to get 300 crack russian pilots into iran on short notice

10 posted on 07/27/2007 7:23:58 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo (Skip the Moon, go for Mars)
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To: jhpigott

So that’s why Iran cannot afford to pay salaries right now.


11 posted on 07/27/2007 7:28:43 AM PDT by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
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a good way to get 300 crack russian pilots into iran on short notice

Possibly ... Iran does have a strategic attractiveness for Russia, in that an alliance would give them access to Persian Gulf ports. Deals like this would go a long way toward giving Russia an increased influence in the region.

Way back in the Iran/Contra timeframe, National Review printed something from Oliver North, saying that the Iran part of the deal was meant to head off a Russian-instigated revolution that would have given them Persian Gulf access...

12 posted on 07/27/2007 7:28:50 AM PDT by r9etb
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Good looking aircraft, but if you can't maintain it, it's just a ground target.

13 posted on 07/27/2007 7:30:08 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Every woman, who can, should learn to shoot, and carry a gun.)
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Even russia knows better than to get too coze to Iran. They have enough problems in Chechnya


14 posted on 07/27/2007 7:30:10 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: r9etb
Here is a link to the NR article mentioned above.
15 posted on 07/27/2007 7:30:23 AM PDT by r9etb
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this could also be a tool used by Putin to evidence Russia’s displeasure with the U.S. missile shield going up in Eastern Europe


16 posted on 07/27/2007 7:31:39 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: CarrotAndStick
If an elected senator is unfit to represent his/her state...shouldn’t the governor and legislators of that state have the ability to rectify the problem?

Iran has a core of jet pilots they can transition. The hard part will be training the maintenance types needed to keep the aircraft flying.

17 posted on 07/27/2007 7:34:32 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Red Badger
Yes, but they won’t know there is a Raptor there.
18 posted on 07/27/2007 7:35:14 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: jhpigott

250 of any kind of fighters is some serious hardware... seems to me Iran must be getting ready for a nuclear war


19 posted on 07/27/2007 7:35:41 AM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: Pistolshot

Looks like an F-14


20 posted on 07/27/2007 7:36:20 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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