[dennisw]

The REAL military landscape of the Mid East>>>

 

 

Source: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,19339,00.html

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,19338,00.html

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,19339,00.html

http://www.ldolphin.org/balance.jpg

[Brett66]

Good map, though I thought Israel had an estimated 400 nukes.

[AzJP]

At the risk of tossing another match onto the propellant, those excellently illustrated force measurements are real nice charts.

However, that part of the world is traditionally circumspect with those numbers. That's a nice way (I hope) of saying it ain't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Or, Israeli fighter pilots are probably worth four to one against Syrian fighter pilots...training and support and all.

If I had to be in that part of the world, I'd rather be in the backseat of a Israeli fighter than Syrian, or Egyptian.
Ideally, I'll never go back.