What If Iraqi Army Had Russian MiG-31 Jets? (Pravda)

Pravda ^ | 3/28/3 | Sergey Permyakov

[WaveThatFlag]

It seems that there is absolutely nothing in common between the aggression of the United States and Great Britain in Iraq and the Russian motor enterprise Perm Motors. However, if you pay attention to the fact that the Iraqi army has Mi-8 choppers equipped with TB-2-117 engines that were produced at Perm Motors, a connection becomes clear.

The company manufactures gas turbine plants for the Russian gas giant Gazprom, as well as D-30F6 engines for MiG-31 pursuit planes. If the Iraqi army had several regiments of MiG-31 jets, it is not ruled out that there would be absolutely no war. No aircraft carrier or a bomber plane of the US army would venture to approach the Iraqi border on account of a possibility to be destroyed. The majority of missiles that the US forces launched from their cruisers and planes would also be shot with those battle planes. Sergey Permyakov, a member of the Perm Motors’ Board of Directors said:

“I remember I talked to one of vice presidents of Pratt&Whitney about a year ago. We talked about the point and the need of the defense order of the company Perm Motors. American businessmen said that their participation in Perm Motors’ share capital did not impede the company from getting the defense order. Americans said that they did not need the defense order, since they did not need military aircraft. I asked them how we were going to defend ourselves from external threats. Americans answered that they would defend us, for they were our friends, not enemies. Then I asked them: “Are you going to defend us the same way as you defended Yugoslavia? With missile spot attacks?” Pratt&Whitney answered that question of mine in a month time – they bought the blocking shareholding of the Perm Motors.

“It would be possible to continue the discussion now, when bomber and pursuit jets of our colleagues from Pratt&Whitney fly above the Iraqi territory. However, as experience shows, all international discussions can be possible if the correlation of forces of the debating sides are balanced. Otherwise, a discussion becomes an imposed settlement.

“I feel very anxious when I watch news reports about the war. It is painful for me to see the Iraqi people so helpless. However, the anxiety goes by, when I hear MiG-31 flying somewhere nearby. I feel calmer, when I think that the Russian army has modern defense technology. However, what can we oppose to those, who will have a wish to defend us and our different point of view regarding the world order?

“It becomes obvious today that the euphoria of eternal friendship with the American nation that developed in Russia during Boris Yeltsin’s era has to give way to sober pragmatism and calculation in all international affairs. Those people, who deal with it, have to deal with it.”

[shezza]

"I am to be getting such an ache of head..."

[Space Wrangler]

LOL!!! Now THIS is comedy!

[Sam's Army]

"I wish Cotton was a monkey"

ROTFLMAO!!!!I love that episode!

[Future Snake Eater]

The MiG-31 isn't that great of a plane. It was a supersonic fighter developed as a counter to the never-produced Mach 2 (3?) Valkyrie bomber (a pre-cursor to the B-1, if I recall). It's very, very fast, but not too terribly maneuverable, which puts it at a serious disadvantage to our F-15s, F-16, F-14s, and F-18s. I pity any Iraqi who climbs into any fighter and tries to engage one of our planes.

[browardchad]

Oh, how I've missed that euphoria of eternal friendship with the Russians that evolved during the Boris Yeltsin years...

Feel the love!

[AmusedBystander]

What if Superman was a Nazi?

Superman was a Republican, but he never returned from his Fortress of Solitude after LBJ was elected in 1964 as his depression was just too great.

[Renfield]

American cruise missiles are subsonic; depending upon the point of launch, they might take a half-hour to travel from the Persian Gulf to Baghdad. The MiG-31 has a sophisticated "look-down,shoot-down" radar designed to guide its missiles to cruise missiles and low altitude attack aircraft. The MiG-31, which was developed from the older MiG-25, was designed specifically to counter the B-1 bomber and U.S. cruise missiles.

[scott7278]

"Sounds like a sales pitch to other countries: buy our jets and you'll be safe from the American imperialists.

This, coupled with the sale of the non-functioning GPS jammers, shows that the Russians are learning the capitalistic art of the infomercial.

[r9etb]

Swerski: Now, gentlemen, let me ask you this: What if da Bears were all 14 inches tall, you know, about so high? Now, what's your score of today's game?
Wollarski: Bears 18, Giants 10. And that would finally be a good game.
Arnold: Yeah, it would be a good game. Mini Bears 24, Giants 14.
O'Connor: What about Ditka? Would he be mini, too?
Swerski: No, he would be full-grown.
O'Connor: Oh, then, uh.. Mini Bears 31, Giants 7.
Wollarski: Oh, hold on. Then I change mine, too. I thought it was Mini Ditka.

And what if the Iraqis had Mig-31s and and all we had was Ditka, a soda straw, and some papers?

[Don Carlos]

Or purple butterflies ?

[TheSpottedOwl]

Secondly, tactics and pilot training are key and the Soviets couldn't match us there either....the Iraqis never would.... The Iraqis would be a smouldering molten mass in a few days....

Why does the Iraqi Navy use glass bottomed boats? So they can see their Air Force ;-)

[js1138]

Maybe we'd have to reach into our grab bag and pull out another new toy.

[zingzang]

It's based on the Mig-25 (Foxbat), but the raw performance is acutally downgraded from the MiG-25..

...especially when you put an Iraqi pilot in the seat!

[snooker]

If the Iraqis had MIG-31s they would be shot down and crashing into markets.

snooker

[TLBSHOW]

There is no love and the sooner we wake up to that fact the better off this country will be.

[KneelBeforeZod]

"Launch every Zig!

[cyberaxe]

What If Iraqi Army Had Russian MiG-31 Jets?

.....ooh ooh I know I know.....

.....our guys flying air cover would be able to.....

.....get-sum too!.....

[Redcloak]

What do you get when you put an under-trained pilot in the latest fighter jet? An expensive barbeque.

[Renfield]

It was the earlier MiG-25 that was produced to counter the Valkyrie.