"Scotty" wrote in message
news

"Gilligan" wrote in
message . ..



At one time Iran had the 2nd largest F-14 force in the
world.


At one time Britannia ruled the seas, my friend. What's
your point?

Doug questions the knowledge and experience of Iranians with regards to
carrier operations and aircraft. I'm just pointing out that Iran was the
only nation outside of the US to fly F-14's the most sophisticated aircraft
of its time and capable of launching phoenix missiles.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/aim-54.htm

Here the Iranians repair the Phoenix missiles that the US gave to them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix

Note that they have shot down multiple planes with one missile.


It would appear the Iranians are quite capable and possess some formidible
weaponry. Both the capabilities and weapons were supplied by the US. You
can't beat American weapon systems and training.


One again, America screws itself. I don't understand why the Liberals
haven't caught one and are whining about America arming up the Iranians.

This is only the tip of a very large iceberg. Don't get me going on what
nuclear capabilities the US supplied to Iran. Notice Bush is worried about
Iran and not North Korea. Iran has had some help from the world's foremost
nuclear armed nation in getting their own capabilities up and running.

It's going to get ugly.