Iranian F-14 fighter crashes, two dead

[highsea]

Sorry Webs.

If Myst wants to take this up in another thread I will respond there.

-CM

 

[P.A.F]

As far as i know, iran have got their own fighter aircraft project. it's about half finished.
anyway they need to get rid of the tomcats or there gonna be flying coffins too.

 

[adsH]

iran Combat AC has been stuck, half way done for a century :lol jokes aside they shouldn't bother with designing their own they have the Oil i am sure they can grease and message the Russians into giving them new generation fighters.

 

[P.A.F]

: very true. anyway just wondering if their intrested in FC-1?

 

[Magoo]

"Its an old US tactic to flood another country with equipment of US origin and then use the spares as a tool of fiddling with that country's political and social structures"

Dumb comment! Most major weapons supplying countries do the same thing, e.g the French, Chinese. The US is far from being alone in this world in wanting to exert political influence through trade.

 

[mysterious]

"Its an old US tactic to flood another country with equipment of US origin and then use the spares as a tool of fiddling with that country's political and social structures"

Dumb comment! Most major weapons supplying countries do the same thing, e.g the French, Chinese. The US is far from being alone in this world in wanting to exert political influence through trade.

I think you cited some very wrong examples to get the blame 'off' the US!! China has never stopped supporting and supplying the countries with defense related equipment once it commits itself to them (I dont know of any exceptions but that's their general rule). French, as Gary once said on one of the threads, their defense industry acts like a 'whore', they dont give a damn! If you got the money, they'll sell (in almost all situations)!! :smokingc:

 

[adsH]

"Its an old US tactic to flood another country with equipment of US origin and then use the spares as a tool of fiddling with that country's political and social structures"

Dumb comment! Most major weapons supplying countries do the same thing, e.g the French, Chinese. The US is far from being alone in this world in wanting to exert political influence through trade.

I think you cited some very wrong examples to get the blame 'off' the US!! China has never stopped supporting and supplying the countries with defense related equipment once it commits itself to them (I dont know of any exceptions but that's their general rule). French, as Gary once said on one of the threads, their defense industry acts like a 'whore', they dont give a damn! If you got the money, they'll sell (in almost all situations)!! :smokingc:

But with hyped up Monopolistic Prices, enough to Bankrupt a nation. french do Exploit alot, At-least the British and americans are modest about their prices. !!!

 

[Salman78]

They should have ejected but often when there is a porblem onboard and ur close to landing u try to make it. Many pilots die this way.

 

[gf0012-aust]

But with hyped up Monopolistic Prices, enough to Bankrupt a nation. french do Exploit alot, At-least the British and americans are modest about their prices. !!!

agreed, plus the french gov aggressively subsidises GIAT, DCN and their aeropace entities.

Support and maint on french aircraft is certainly designed to recover losses on any discounted initial sales.

I've been in situations where we have sought clarification of submitted process as they were so "different" to other tenderers.