"DSK" wrote in message
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OzOne wrote:
A trap that many westerners fall into.
Because the Arabic states are sand....it doesn't mean that the people
are any less capable than anyone else.

Those "ragheads" dress the way they do because they're smart....


I don't think they're stupid at all. In fact I think they are very
intelligent and subtle, and in the Big Game of realpolitik they have
outplayed the West for years.

OTOH I don't think they have anybody with the knowledge & experience to
make any meaningful analysis of watching carrier flight deck ops. As
Gilligan says, they flew F-14s.... decades ago, and not off carriers... I
bet there's nobody from the Shah's military left. That's not saying
they're stupid, that's saying that they just don't have carriers or people
who are experienced naval aviation intel specialists.

DSK


One year ago Iranian agents caught buying parts for F-14:

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/new...p?storyid=1861

More on Iranian F-14's:

http://www.amazon.com/Iranian-Tomcat.../dp/1841767875

Russia upgrades Iranian F-14's:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0077.shtml

Iranian F-14 crashes during training in 2004:

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040621123352.qir2y8ys.html

Video of Iranian F-14 flying dated Sept 8, 2006:

http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/004125.html

Note it is modified to carry upgraded missiles.

Link to satellite photo of operational Iranian F-14 on ground:

http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?t=3187


Iranian pilots were trained by the US at Miramar NAS. They do not need to
know intimate details of American carrier operations. All they need to know
is how to sink one.