China And The Gussied Up Gunships
strategypage
10-May-2010 (2 comments)

May 10, 2010: Iran is finishing up eight days of naval exercises. This is actually a publicity event, largely for domestic and foreign media. Among the highlights were a domestically made torpedo (which no one was allowed a close look at, to insure that it was new, and not an older American or Chinese model with a new paint job) and ten new helicopter gunships for the navy. These were actually U.S. made AH-1s, which Iran had bought in the 1970s. Photographers were allowed a close look, and the only thing new about these helicopters was the paint and Chinese electronics installed in the cockpit to replace the elderly U.S. stuff. The only weapons seen on the helicopters were also 1970s vintage. Some of the helicopters were flown, however, proving that a few are still operational.

The lifestyle police have been ordered to become more active. Women with tans are being arrested (even though the lifestyle cops can only see faces) for possible sunbathing offenses (female police later do a more extensive search to confirm if a crime has been committed.) Companies are now being fined for using any of many foreign words on their signs or ads. Foreign words are seen as a corrupting influence.

Next month, the UN is planning to bring to a vote new economic sanctions. Iran has allies in the UN (most of them purchased with cheap energy exports or other economic deals), and the sanctions are not expected to put any real pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear weapons program. ... >>>

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mahmoudg

Iran's military is archaic, outdated and fragile

by mahmoudg on Tue May 11, 2010 08:51 AM PDT

This can also be corroborated by Jane's defense people.  Iran's military, both mainstream and the terrorist group the IRGC operate on such outdated equipment that it will take the allies no more than a week to completley dismantle them.  iran's defense postures are purely propoganda and the leadership fears mass desertions in the first hours of any attack.  Of course attacks won't come in the form of foot soldiers, but rather bombardments of regime assets, which willin turn hasten the fall of the regime.


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by Sargord Pirouz on Tue May 11, 2010 12:46 AM PDT

Strategypage is a hack site published by rank amateurs. At least two defense writers have publicly complained about them plagerizing or mischaracterizing their work.

I realize you're an anti-Iran cheerleader. But really, there is so much anti-Iran material out there on the internet. Couldn't you at least pick another site that isn't so dissatisfactory?


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