US considers attacking Iran with GCC states rather than Israel
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:43 AM PDT
The US is conducting massive exercises near Iranian shores in tandem with the Saudi Arabian, UAE, Kuwaiti, and Bahraini air forces. Iranian demands to cease these operations have so far been ignored.
The GCC states have excellent air fleets. The UAE, for one, received FoF codes for its US-built aircraft, which would allow them to target Israeli planes. The UAE pilots’ training is abysmal, however, and flying through even Iran’s relatively primitive TOR-1M defenses would beyond their ability. Also, it is hard to imagine the UAE joining an attack on Iran, its behemoth neighbor.
Notably, the exercise excluded the Israeli air force.
US lays its military hardware open to Iran
Posted: 09 Apr 2012 01:19 AM PDT
While much attention was paid to the incident in which Chinese military hackers downed a US stealth drone in Iran, thus gaining access to its technology, the sale to Iraq of F-16s in the highly advanced Block 52 configuration went smoothly.
Iraq, however, is virtually a province of Iran by now. The Iraqi army is fully controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. And the F-16s will certainly be made available to the Iranians, and their friends the Chinese.
-- Uncensored, Israel
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