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Iraq Receives First Fighter Jets From "Our Russian Friends"
Having offered "complete support" for Iraq's embattled PM Maliki, the troubled nation receives its first shipment of "America deluded us" Russian fighter jets. As RT reports, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed receiving five Su-25 fighter jets in accordance with the deal with Moscow. Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed explained, "our Russian friends have also sent their own experts to assist us in preparing the aircraft. All the logistics have been planned for as well." The proxy war continues...
The first delivery of Russian Sukhoi fighter jets arrived in Iraq on Saturday, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping the jets will make a key difference in the fight against ISIS.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed receiving five Su-25 fighter jets in accordance with the deal with Moscow. The jets were delivered by a Russian An-124 transport plane in a dismantled state, and are expected to be set up and become operational within 3-4 days.
“The Sukhoi Su-25 is an air-ground support and anti-terrorism mission aircraft. In these difficult times, we are in great need of such aircraft. With God’s help, we will be able to deploy them to support our ground forces on a mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants within the next 3-4 days,” Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed told RT’s Ruptly news agency at an airport receiving the jets.
According to Ahmed, Iraq will wage a “massive attack” on insurgents with the help of the jets.
“We have experienced pilots and other professionals. Our Russian friends have also sent their own experts to assist us in preparing the aircraft. All the logistics have been planned for as well,” the lieutenant general said.
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At the same time, Maliki criticized the US for taking too long to deliver on its own contract after Iraq purchased F-16 jets from America.
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Friends with benefits?
And what did we send our soldiers to Iraq to die for?
Israel, Oil, Bankers, MIC... same ole same ole
http://zionismsucks.com/2014/06/30/syriairaqisis-and-more-zionist-wars-b...
Those dumb arabs couldnt figure out how to operate US hardware; good luck with the Russian variant.
I don't have any personal experience with their jets, but for trucks and tracked vehicles, this isn't so far from the truth...
What they really need are A-10 Warthogs.
Badass of the Week: The A-10 Warthog
SU-25 == russian version of an A-10. Low, slow, with a big gun(s). Just wondering if these planes come with pilots.
..was not aware they were that close, but it appears that the Warthog carries 5x more of those fun to fire 30mm gatling gun rounds.
1 rich friend is awesome. 2 rich friends that hand you weapons for some black liquid is priceless!
Indeed.. but we should be outraged.. those are OUR terrorists those planes will be killing.
And..
"Just wondering if these planes come with pilots."
LOL.. the big problem for them now.
AN SU-25 can kick the shit out of an A-10 air to air as it's 120 knots faster.
However, the A-10 carries about five times the rounds for its gun and is better suited for nap of the earth attacks on armor.
I'd rather be in an SU-25.
With my SKS and emergency standby bottle of Russian Standard Vodka of course.
OK.. in a dog fight.. I agree.. but I don't think that is an issue here or when air superiority is enjoyed, or in this case no air threat at all.
No doubt they could kick a lott of butt.. as noted above, if they can fly the damn things.
I guess I'll just stick to my A-10, a six pack of Bud Light, and my AR. :-)
I like my ARs too. Especially my custom AR in 7.62x39 if I'm flying over territory like Iraq where there's a lot more Russian ammo stashed away.
Nahh.. Then again... VZ-58
But I'll take my Colt Python over a Tokarev (and over my 1911) for a hand gun any day.
And it's regular bottled Bud for me.
Bud Light? Really? You put Bud Light in the same category as the Warthog?
The A-10 is at least worth a high end craft beer comparison...
OK.. OK I'm losing the Bud Light (it was a weight and balance thing) for a six of Arrogant Bastard Ale.
"Indeed.. but we should be outraged.. those are OUR terrorists those planes will be killing."
Maybe not...remember Barry hooked them up with heat seekers at the Benghazi not so safe "safe house".
I was thinking exactly the same. Those planes have to come with a Russian team to train the pilots and the mechanics. I would love to see the faces of the Russian team bumping into the US military advisors at the cafeteria...!
I told you guys, the Russians will go in and clear up this mess. And it is halfway done.
SU-25 further info...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtAThLpxmxw
SU-25 vs. A-10
http://defencesummits.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/su-25vsa-10_1.jpg
Russian weapons are actually meant to win wars, rather than just make the MIC rich which seems to be the real purpose behind US weapons.
Ask the Germans how well really sophisticated weaponery works in battle. One of the main reasons they lost Kursk is because the new overengineered Panther and Tiger tanks didn't make it in time and the timeline had to be delayed, allowing the Red Army to dig in. It also didn't help that the new Tiger/Panther wundertanks had serious teething problems. They had to be shipped to the front in railroad cars as they could only run so many hours before needing major maintenance.
Where are those F16s promised to the Iraqis by the US again? Please remind me, how many days ago did the Russians offer the Sukois to the Iraqis?
LOL! They figured out how to blow up a lot of Israeli Merkava tanks. Israel is not too crazy about taking on Hezboolah man on man either. Israel found Lebanon not very inviting last time.
If there is any correlation to AKs vs M-# rifles then the Russian stuff will be easier and more reliable.
So, our weapons and advisors are going there, and Russia's weapons and advisors are going there, so, they'll be there together..........AWKWARD
nope, Russia's weapons and advisors protects Russia oil company...
Look up the Clash, When IVAN meets GI JOE
Z the Greek....
.........FOR BANKERS!
What the heck is an ISIS? And why is the US MSM serving as the marketing department for ISIS (nightly mentions on all newscasts)? I thought that privilege was reserved for US entities like GM, Apple, Facebook, sports teams, the Federal Reserve and the US gubermit.
ISIS is the organization of bad guys in the TV show "Archer". That's all you need to know.
ISIS are the good guys, ODIN are the bad ones... Barry the cyborg was ODIN. I think they also used to be Bluth Real Estate Dev.
Ah, that's right. I've had a lot of trouble lately telling the good guys apart from the bad guys in remote parts of the world. Apparently, it's spilled over to my television viewing.
ISISpapacy are the GOOD guys...but they should APPEAR to be the BAD guys...so you Americans TREMBLE in fear.
Meet Obama's next production, after Mu Bro's, here comes ISIS, feminist plus extra satanism - making the world safe for Hitlery.
"And why is the US MSM serving as the marketing department for ISIS (nightly mentions on all newscasts)?"
Weapons sales and a trifurcated Iraq, baby. It's what's for dinner.
ISIS == latest incarnation of bad guys. Most notable for having NO JAG officer corps....
No no ISIS are McCain and Nudelman's boys. You will never get the truth on Benghazi because the Democrats and Neocons aka GOP-e were both totally involved with Deep State.
ISIS includes Semitic* members, who ancestors used to worship the desert gods ISis, RA and ELohim.
* Semitic = Semites = Descendants of Shem (son of Noah), that includes a range of ME tribes, although modern PR machines and special interest lobbyists now use it as a euphemism for only one such tribe (the Self-Chosen Tribe) as a clever ploy to redirect and frame sociopolitical debate.
Long before there were corporate mergers and hostile takeovers, mergers and takeovers existed even in the realm of philosophy and religion. E.g. these three deities (whether imaginary, or real space-alien visitors with advanced technology) were fused into one deity: The winning warrior deity Elohim/Yahweh, who tolerated no others (per his self-appointed spokesmen). For more info see "The History of God" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZY2eeozdo8
And for those who care to do some research on their own, it is fascinating and not at all an 'accident' or 'coincidence' that the parallels between the desert (Egyptian) god Osiris and that of Jesus of Nazareth: Their birth, miracles, death and resurrection. Except that the story of Osirirs precedes that of Jesus by many centuries, and was unknown to the Israelites of Jesus' era and location.
Likewise, as I have posted previously, Mohammed was even more successful in fusing the hundreds of gods of the Arabic tribes of his time -- with each tribe literally having their own god -- into 'One God'. This process of "homogenizing and standardizing" is a prerequisite for mergers of tribes into a large Nation, and sets the stage for expansion via imperialist conquest.
It's tragic and horrific how much evil and blood has been spread in the name of ancient superstitions and self-evident philosophies that pass as religion of "divine" origin, i.e. as a World-view and an explanation of Life, the Universe and Everything. And, if you think about it, it's ironic that so many people won't accept modern theories of Life and the Universe, yet will accept and mindlessly regurgitate the claptrap from long dead guys - guys of questionable hygiene and grade 4 education, at best.
And to those Theists, who claim to represent The Truth, or to want only The Truth, I leave you with this ...
"People claim to want the truth. That's not quite true. What they really want is 'truth' that is consistent with their world-view."
Once a person has (emotionally and psychologically) 'internalized' a view or model, their mental inertia becomes very strong and resistant to change -- even when faced with sufficient cognitive information. Just try rattling the cage a person's world-view, and see them react in a primal manner, and adverse manner. Theists are no exception, and are in fact a perfect example of aforesaid claim.
The past really happened, history is just something somebody said and passed along.
The past is simply a lie that historians agree on ... Voltaire
Pure coinkydinky that there's a DC based military contractor called ISIS? Jam packed viewing and reading the show notes here (long black fabric/ninja suits):
ISIS EXPOSED 100% AS CIA OPERATION: "The Next Bin Laden is Here" - Don't Be Fooled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYXXcwuJtbQ
BOMBSHELL! Washington D.C based military contractor called ISIS! COINCIDENCE I'M SURE!:
ISIS Intelligence Technology Training
https://public.isishq.com/public/clie...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/06/13/...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-isis...
http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-li...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-linds...
ISIS Illuminati Ploy
http://www.zengardner.com/isis-ploy-i...
The Bride of 9/11 -- Scripted and Ready for Production
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-br...
Cult of ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK4uJ...
http://www.whale.to/c/isis.html
http://hollywoodsubliminals.wordpress...
Special thanks to Lenon Honor (9/11 Fear Based Mind Control)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hl00...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_7z...
FOLLOW UP: Comedy parody video on the ridiculousness of this scripted fear propaganda for new Boogeyman "Baghdadi"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xs3L...
NDAA LEGALIZES USE OF PROPAGANDA/PSYOPS AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/11/...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYUUx...
Here is a PDF link update to the bill that was passed,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-11...
This amendment would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences and was inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, This would "strike the current ban on domestic dissemination" of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the independent Broadcasting Board of Governors, according to the summary of the law at the House Rules Committee's official website. This little change to the bill would essentially neutralize two previous acts—the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 1987—that had been passed to protect U.S. audiences from our own government's misinformation campaigns.
The US government has for many decades been allowed to dish out propaganda to foreign countries. But now, through this bill, propaganda that was supposed to target foreigners could now be aimed at Americans, reversing a longstanding policy. Bill was finally passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA 2013] HR 4310, signed by Obama on 12/29/2012. Pages 326-328.
Dismantled state? Sounds like a Heathkit!
Just add aviation fuel and munitions and presto!
IKEA ground attack craft
Pay money for merchandise and get merchandise delivered promptly. How ironic that Russia is upstaging the US in capitalism and customer service.
A more satisfying "blowjob"?
In Russia, red-tape cut you!
The Russians deliver, the jets are not super fragile like USA stuff and no spyware to divert 777's to South Pacific islands by taking over the plane.
American hardware and software is filled with spyware, crippleware, hijackware and other shit. Plus countries pay for stuff and American companies never deliver it.
"What can Brown, er Red, do for you?"
I guess Dov Zakheim will have to give ISIS some f-16s now. If anyone starts digging into the budget they can just blow up the budget analysts' office again.
Hugh, you are relentless.
I like it.
I'm not stopping until they give me gold or lead. It better be a lot of gold though, learning the truth really pissed me off.
I wonder it the Iraqis can just cancel those F16 contracts and get all Russian weapons, maybe the Iranians need F16 parts and that is where they are going to get them. Who knows.
"Tell Vlad that in my second term, i'll have more flexibility"
That was quick.
I guess somebodies satellites detected the column of luciferian sponsored forces moving into Iraq after all.
those fighters look like surplus with glued together parts. doubt they even fly.
Stage one, defeat the Soviet Union (communism). That may have been an add-on as a claim for the spoils of victory for the mujahedeen in Afghanistan, but the Soviet Empire finally collapsed at the end of operations in Afghanistan. Whether we in the West claim the victory as we do, or our one time mujahedeen partners, the Soviet Union collapsed in spectacular fashion.
Stage two, defeat the West. This provides the foundation for my recommendations at the end. With our surrender of Iraq and our impending surrender in Afghanistan, the jihadists are considering the completion of stage two and it was a success. As nations who rely on what we consider to be high intellect and our morality, we felt that we own the high ground. Our support to islamist causes, whether it be humanitarian or disaster relief in Indonesia, Somalia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran, or support to islamist combat operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, now Syria, we have deluded ourselves to thinking that we have bought favor and potential alliances. I think the answer should be clear, is no. We have not. Rather in a stunning and brutally symbolic display, our hand of friendship to the muslim brotherhood was sliced off on 9/11/12 in Benghazi. No response from the West was the final signal, that our white flag was unfurled from dawn to setting sun. To fully ratify this compact with evil, hell we gave them 5 of their key players back, guys who have a list of atrocities so grotesque decorum prevents their listing here. What did we receive? A deserting lunatic, who thought he could change the world with a smile, what he found is the noble savage was high on savage, noble, not so much.
Stage three is what we see now. The caliphate. 10000 odd fighters from Syria and western Iraq rolling unopposed into Baghdad, collecting new and slightly used combat equipment to include rifles (only dropped once) armor, artillery and aviation assets. Sunni’s and Shia’s alike are deserting en masse from the conquering horde. Sunni’s who supported OIF are being beheaded alongside their Shia counterparts, other Sunni’s are shedding their uniforms and joining the ranks of ISIS. Will Baghdad stand, no, not for long. We have yet to fully see the bloodshed that will occur as the army of the jihad descends on the metropolis, and those who are unfortunately unable to escape will be killed in the most grisly extermination of humanity we will have ever seen, and yes, it will be seen. Southern Iraq will empty like a grade school on the last day of school, moving to sanctuary in Iran. With the home of the caliphate secured, the entirety of the middle east will fall into submission. The lines will be erased, the Arab empire will stand in its place with a very large collection of military gear that we and our Soviet antagonists have bequeathed over decades as we fought for influence in that important region. Israel will be in the fight for their lives.
Stage four is to defeat the apostates. Iran will fall. It will be genocide. We had a chance to spare Iran, but we turned our backs. The Iranian people will suffer for our inaction. Not the Ayatollah’s and the mullah’s, but the average Iranian who wanted to live like their grandparents, and dance to the Happy Song.
The last stage is the biggest and most dangerous enemy to islam, the Asians. Specifically, the Mongolian cousins; Japan, Korea and Mongolia. The warfighting skill and true brutality of the descendants of Genghis Khan are legendary. Japan nearly conquered all of North Asia, Southeast Asia and pushed the Americans out of the Pacific. What would the world look like today if the carriers had been tied to the docks on December 7th, 1941. The Korean Army and Marines were so feared by the North Vietnamese, they would kill themselves rather than surrender, and lastly, there is a 7000 mile wall that separates China from Mongolia. And it was the Khan’s who adopting islam to help govern their territories, would eventually seize the caliphate and form the longest standing empire. The Ottoman Empire, which lasted nearly 500 years until it was broken in 1922 at the end of WWI. Broken in part by Arab muslims who did not believe that the Turkish interlopers should command the caliphate of islam.
You left out what will happen to the Hindu. They hate the Hindu and rank them lower than a dog. It will be nasty.
" Southern Iraq will empty like a grade school on the last day of school, moving to sanctuary in Iran."
Lines like this show the manifesto was written by some pedo in the British Isles.
Who the fuck is "we?"
You sound confused.
Oh, never mind, you've got a nearly three year old account with only 10 comments starting last week.
SOCK-PUPPET TROLL BEGONE!
Boeing Boy.
I believe you would be hung on the spot in North Charleston. I'll bet Bosh in Summerville, SC would assist to your reference to Boeing. Don't forget about the General Dynamics pitch forks. You still have time to escape to Mexico.
Run Forrest Gump, run.
Hey Boeing boy - back to work making that shitty 777 that is filled with spyware and can be taken over and flown to Diego Garcia. Junky shit filled with spyware, hijackware, ets.
Probably the most effective aircraft you could buy given the threat environment. Akin to A10s but possibly better.
I am sure the russian pilots will have fun.....
you maybe called boeing boy but you sounds like a traitor and a faggot to me.
nuttin is better today than are flyin a10s and are flyin sr71s we rules der skys forevers.
not to mention der f22s and surperbs f35s
get in line soldier
Is that why the entire A10 fleet is being retired, fuckwit.
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You are the only one doing the trolling, time for afternoon meds?
The A-10s are being retired because they are too cheap, effective, reliable, and easy to repair. That doesn't synch with today's military yaknow.
+100
Pierre Sprey and 2 USAF colonels helped get the F16 and A10 built. They were bargains and the USAF did not want them. Sprey has said repeatedly that the F-35 is the biggest piece of shit going and the F-22 is not that much better. If the F-35 gets hit with a .22 it will catch on fire and stealth is a scam.
Boeing Boy is making 777's which disapper to Diego Garco on fly by wire (connect to Deep State) to ensure that certain patents ends up with the Red SHield.
If America really wanted the Iraq Gov't to fall we would of sent them 10 F35 fighter jets because they are so reliable and do everything but NOTHING, they are the biggest pices of shit ever made.
boing boyz if youse dontes uddestand ironicals i cante help yer fellas.
Tony Wilson,
I live 10 minutes from the airport. I live closer to the AFB. Alot of C17/C130 activities last week. Quiet today. When I was blogging yesterday, they have a few corporate jets. Two flew in yesterday evening. Thank goodness they don't fly over the house, You can see them preparing for landing as I gaze from my back yard.
Tony Wilson: MPNET NATO STRONK FAG
They fly and dont be surprised to see one in your backyard in a few months!
3 days from "we pledge our support of Malaki" to delivered jets. THREE DAYS. Obama couldn't figure out how to get Putin's phone number deleted from his speed dial list in three days.
It seems like it takes him that long to get done with a speech.
Lessons learned from Amazon.
Putin is a man. Americans and Obama are cowards.
With "friends" like US/Israel/EU who needs Enemies ?!
Egypt learned that lesson.
Oh man, what an epic backfire. The CIA is left scratching their heads.
The Russians are much better at the whole proxy war, math, chess, programming thing...
Another summer of peace, prosperity and recovery. That's foriegn policy Obamy can be proud of.
Pretty much means Russian pilots, right? Munitions. Targeting.
Take a week or so to put together. And then what? Attacking ISIS will probably also devastate Sunni neighborhoods where they're located.
ISIS as state department approved good guys TM don't use human shields
Even if they don't explicitly use human shields, these old Russian weapons are not precision-guided munitions like the US mostly uses these days.
LOL. you sound ridiculus.
Iraq used to have these in inventory so they might have some (older) pilots. Depending upon variant(s) and role, they'll likely need russian munitions.
Syrian and some Iraqi too.
http://www.syrianperspective.com/
I wish the Iraqi people the best. ISIS is there to carve up Iraq and weaken it. They failed in Syria.
Well at least it won't be just our own equipment we are fighting the next time we invade.
The Russian made SU-25 most closey resembles the American made A-10 Thunderbolt/WartHog.
One of the few bright spots of this mess is we should get to see some interesting gun camera footage!
"The Su-25 is designed to defeat small mobile and stationary ground targets and to engage low-speed air targets at the forward edge and in the nearest tactical and operational depth.:
Weapons
The wings have ten pylons for carrying a range of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapon systems selected for the mission. Air-to-ground missiles include Kh-23 (Nato codename AS-7 Kerry), Kh-25ML (AS-10 Karen) and Kh-29l (AS-14 Kedge). The air-to-air missiles carried on the smaller outboard pylons are the R-3S (AA-2D Atoll) and the R-60 (AA-8 Aphid).
The aircraft can be fitted with UB-32A pods for 57mm S-5 rockets, B-8M1 pods for 80mm S-8 rockets, S-24 240mm guided rockets and S-25 330mm guided rockets.
The Su-25 can be armed with 350kg-670kg laser-guided bombs, 500kg incendiary devices and cluster bombs.
The aircraft's twin-barrel gun, the 30mm AO-17A, is installed in the underside of the fuselage on the port side. The gun is armed with 250 rounds of ammunition and is capable of firing at a burst rate of 3,000 rounds a minute.
SPPU-22 gun pods can also be installed on the underwing pylons. The pods carry the GSh-23 23mm twin-barrel guns, each with 260 rounds of ammunition.
How do they manage to keep the barrel cooled? Is it wrapped in dry ice? 3000 rounds / minute is a beast. Not a gun expert, just inquiring.
Most likely Gatling style
Thanks. I'm a retard when comes to these things. Hence the question.
"Twin-barrel"
Thanks
It can fire 300 rounds pm but it only has about 250 rounds on board.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-30-2
Air-cooled, though there is a water-cooled variant. If it's like ours, only short bursts are fired and barrel life probably is fairly limited.
If the comment you are responding to is accurate...
"The gun is armed with 250 rounds of ammunition and is capable of firing at a burst rate of 3,000 rounds a minute..."
It can only fire at that rate for 5 seconds.
There is a good video on Youtube about the Frogfoot. An American guy talks about how he visited Russian airbases and the flightlines and runways are not in great shape with weeds etc. He said Russian planes are like AK-47s in that they are not fragile.
He said when he was in the US Air Force - they constantly walked the flightline and runway to pick up any debris that could harm USA jets. The Russian stuff is built to take punishment. Pierre Sprey said the F-35 turkey will burst into flames if it gets hit by something as small as a .22 bullet or shrapnel.
I have a hard time being convinced that Russian planes are built to take more punishment than their American counterparts because you saw a video of a guy who noticed that the Russians were slobs.
we donte needs speeds soldier
we dontes need manuv
masnurvarab
manuvavarabillygoat
we dontes need to move arounds quick in der air all we needs is beliefs
in general electrics depleted uraniums
IF you can find the parts, which aren't being made anymore...
Wow. Just wow.
Perhaps - maybe - every moron US serviceman who followed illegal orders and invaded this country will now start to ask some difficult questions.
Our troops in the UK knew they weren't illegal orders because army chiefs sough specific legal guidance from the Attorney General. Only problem being, Attorney General initially declared invasion UNTIL Washington DC came for a visit and persuaded him otherwise on the eve of war.....
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LOL
We get it.
Russia moving in everywhere this fool fucks up!
Power abhors a vacuum.
and these idiots suck so bad they create a vacuum.
It seems like Putin and the Russians just treat countries in a fair and respectful manner. Maybe the USSA should read that book "How to Win Friends..." It sure seems like Putin has.
The USSA has scum like Nudelman and Jan Pataki and McCain - they sell out their own country - so they will sell out anybody like adulterer and dumbf*ck midget General Betray-US.
And that's a LOT of places.
Well, now we get to find out what sort of anti-aircraft and surface-to-air capabilities ISIS has, if any. Might shine a bit of light on their benefactors.
Also depends on the training the operator's have received. I wonder how good russian intel is, Stinger Manpad is a hugely capable weapon, I haven't had a recent look at the self-defence capability of the SU-25, anyone else in the know?
stinger works only at height 0-3500meters...
You might want to check you facts there. Stinger is simply less effective at heights greater than 10,000 besides SU-25 is a close air support aircraft. A fair few have been brought down by Manpads in various operational theaters, I just wonder if the Russians have ramped up its defensive aids suite...
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Ha ha, if only you knew.
Manpads? Oh, yes, I know a thing or two about Manpads..
I read this site to catch up with the economy, I am not an expert, but ask me if I have been to war sonny...
"been to war". let me guess, air force logisitcs in Germany or some shit like that?
Xbox does not count
Yeah just like the Boeing 777 airliner is a great plane just before in disappears without a trace (to Diego Garcia). US shit is junk. Filled with spyware, etc.
How is the software code on the F-35 coming? LOL! Written by Indians. A Slurpee machine would be more effective.
"Good Ghandi! Time for a champagne Squishy™!" -- Apu, "Simpson's Wrestling, PS2"
eyes was speekin to general colon sphincter powell and david goldstein israel pet betrayous about this very thing yesterday.
eye told those fine masonic chaps that eye was very concerned about the power of the su25 and it's tack tickle ability to change the situation on the ground.
the kind gentlemen assured me that this plane is not technically a plane in the america british sense as it suffers from wood crotch frame rot.
from the damp weathers of vloddy vostok.
colon said tony look here i have the plan designs here for those flying mobile wooden bricks and be assured those wings will bend and drop off in the rain. that stuff will not last 10 mins with are isis cia mossad units on the ground.
i tried explaing that it does not rain in the desert but by then both men had gone off to rape some more young boys for some ancient eyes wide shut rabbi ritual.
There are inflatable dummies. Drapes on a VW Beetle, Wehrmacht secret.
great test run for drones vs fighter jets
even though Iraq is allegedly backed by the US
Who is to say the SU-25s are not remotely flown??
http://www.gizmag.com/boeing-f16-jet-unmanned-drone/29203/
Time to smuggle in some Stingers?
We tried that in Afghanistan. And we ended up with al Qaida. Wait a minute? Wait a God Damned minute! al Qaida is now supposedly [part of] ISIS? What kind of shell game are we in over there???
Craig
At least the Russian pilots won't be on Al Qeada's side.
Don't forget, we created al Qaida to fight Russia.
So strange. The left side of my brain just told the right side to shut up.
Craig
I think those ground attack jets would be hell on a Toyota pickup truck convoy.
There may not be any left in 3 days.
Sunday, June 29, 201429th June IRAQ SITREP by Mindfriedo
29th June: Qassem Atta’s claims for today:
142 terrorists killed, 51 vehicles destroyed (no army in the world must be prouder of destroying its own looted equipment), 102 sorties undertaken.
Becuase US/UK/Ihole is on ISIS side.
Does nobody in the Administration understand that ISIS asserts that they are the Islamic superstate, replacing pre-WW-I Turkey, and purport to have right to rule Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, most of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanastan, etc.? I hope our Corporatist government figures that out, and thinks clearly before we start to see nukes flying over there. And over here!
They seem to have the delusion that if you throw enough money at it it will go away. I don't think the central banks are going to be able to help here!
Craig
D@ammit man, there's illegal immigrant (oop, 'undocumented, potential Decepticrats!') children for Obamatron to round up -- no time for ISIL/ISIS!
while you're at it ship in some SS-27 missles. That will shift the balance of power...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2UTTH_Topol_M
Can we get a Russian version of "Top Gun?"
Starring Vlad Kilmer?
Just so I know I understand this correctly. The government we spent more than a Trillion (with a "T") dollars installing, is being supported and defended against our enemies, the Talaban / ISIS / radical Muslims, by Russia, our enemy?
So, she wants to eat me, and she is your friend, and your are okay with that?
Why is Monday always so confusing? I think I will go back to bed!
Craig
Russia is not defending anything but Syria and now with a great excuse.
The battle lines are finally being drawn with clarity. Russia supports Syria, Iran, and now Shia Iraq (a natural ally of Iran and Syria). Hell, Maliki even invited Assad to bomb ISIS-controlled cities in western Iraq.
The US government is finally facing up to the fact that they supported the wrong side during the Iraq insurgency/civil war and put the wrong guys into power.
The least bad option at this point is for the US to support ISIS, yes, ISIS. The US could give them military support in return for a pledge that they will elbow aside the more radical jihadist elements. If we're smart, and with a little luck, we could end up with a staunch, relatively secular, sunni ally state in the center of the middle east.
lulz
The only thing that shifts faster than the sand dunes is political alliances in the M.E.!
If your only means of governing is to threaten or buy allegiance, when you get out in the real world where your shit does in fact stink and your thugs are actually pussies, this is the results.
This administration and their local thugs have F'd up diplomatic relations with virtually every nation on the planet and most now laugh at us and piss in our coffee when given the chance. Thugorment.
FWIW Dept.:
While staying at a Hotel on a business trip to the NE, I happened upon a few dozen if not more Pakistani AF Pilots being trained by the US. They were bused in at specific times each day and never left their rooms or quarters.(they never gave any eye contact or spoke other than their flight uniforms exposing their rank with a closely knit civilian entourage -- to close for [ISI]) my comfort)
Confused by their appearance?-- and, at that particular time in geo-politics, the USA wasn't in the bestest,` pro-Pakisatani mode, and yet, there we were training them to fly our 'state-of-the-art aircraft' at a strategic USAF base, under top security clearance.
My curiousity at what I had seen, beckoned me to query the proprietor/manager of the establishment, whom, by the way was Indian... what was going on? He politely laughed to himself and told me candidly that they rotate these Air Force Pilots and Logistical/Technical personel in and out monthly at his establishment and also through the grapevine, throughout the country!
Wow, I said to myself... quietly showing little emotion on my face other than, WTF!!!
This was ~ eight years ago, and it still goes on religously like clockwork (throughout the entire country), with other nations also coming in for flight/logistic/technical training.
jmo
Russia has learnt the Western supply chain process "Just In Time".
All Iraq needs now are some pilots who know how to fly the SU-25...
http://www.syrianperspective.com/2014/06/retired-syrian-pilots-flying-sukhois-for-iraq.html
This is the biggest bunch of nonsense since WW1 or Gulf one.
http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2014/06/isis-oh-isis-your-mysterious-ch...
Now the rags are trying to figure out why the instruction manuals say "Revell" on the cover.
follow the oil peeps. obama wants to overthrow the iraqi government because they signed too many oil deals with china
US vs. Russia and China. My bets are with Russia and China.
Check out the newest release from the ISIS "marketing department":
ISIS Mocks Obama in Latest Video:These guys are good! You're mad now, aren't you? I really enjoyed video's background soundtrack with the auto-tuned chanting. The video's smooth wipes, fades and slow motion effects were equally impressive. And the white guy caught snapping pictures in one of the frames is PRICELESS. Did the "marketing department" send out a Request For Proposal before this video was made?