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Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter
Hugh Pickens writes "Continuing its tradition of reverse engineering and fabricating its stockpile of 40-year old American weaponry, Iran announced that it is about to unveil its first ever domestically produced Cobra attack choppers. Nearly 50 years after the U.S. introduced the legendary Bell AH-1 Cobra, once the backbone of the U.S. Army's attack helicopter fleet, Iran's locally-grown Cobras will be armed with 'different types of home-made caliber guns, rockets and missiles,' according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency. 'All the phases of designing and manufacturing of the chopper have been done inside the country and the helicopter enjoys some capabilities which make it preferable to Apache Choppers,' says Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari. Iranian officials stress that Iran's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country, reports the FARS news release. More photos available here."
I'm sorry for being slightly off topic, but this is important:
Do you know of any studies/argumentations about the likelihood of
Iran using atom bombs against Israel? There are 1,573,000 Israeli Arabs and 1,240,000 Israeli Muslims (many, but not all, of the Arabs are Muslims) - not counting the people in the Palestinian territories that are not Israel citizens.
Would Iran really kill countless innocent Muslim civilians, including women and children?
I mean, Ahmadinejad may be a buffoon, but AFAIK he is no Hitler and no Stalin.
I would like to see this debated.
I have seen news that Israel is about to perform a preemptive strike against Iran, and this is horrible. Not only because of the direct loss of life, but because it fosters anti-semitism, anti-Christianism and anti-Americanism among the Muslim population, and countless people are being killed because of this hatred.
I'm sorry for being slightly off topic, but this is important:
Do you know of any studies/argumentations about the likelihood of
Iran using atom bombs against Israel? There are 1,573,000 Israeli Arabs and 1,240,000 Israeli Muslims (many, but not all, of the Arabs are Muslims) - not counting the people in the Palestinian territories that are not Israel citizens.
Would Iran really kill countless innocent Muslim civilians, including women and children?
I mean, Ahmadinejad may be a buffoon, but AFAIK he is no Hitler and no Stalin.
I would like to see this debated.
I have seen news that Israel is about to perform a preemptive strike against Iran, and this is horrible. Not only because of the direct loss of life, but because it fosters anti-semitism, anti-Christianism and anti-Americanism among the Muslim population, and countless people are being killed because of this hatred.
(Posting again because some dishonest a**hole moderated me down - see http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2876637&cid=40124517)
Some moderator keeps moderating down as "Troll" everything I post
regarding politics, even though my posts are respectful and reflect
my honest political views. This has happened some 5 times.
I hope this idiot is caught by the metamoderators.
The moderators apparently know no honour.
The post above is a bit inane, but it is not Flamebait,
nor does it deserves to be moderated down twice into
-1.
Please mod it up to recover the guy's Karma.
Shame on you, moderator.
Disclaimer1:
I hit the 50 comment limit of users with Karma (yes, I have been much of an addict in the past two days) and,
to continue the hot discussion, I created another account (Veritatis_splendor) with which I made 3 comments,
but didn't think of disclosing this fact. On the other hand, I used the same verbiage in those 3 comments as
I used with the other account, so no once can honestly accuse me of hiding. I since then updated both accounts
to disclose it. And this was _after_ the abuses, so it cant be a justification.
Disclaimer2: I am half conservative and half libertarian, and I am pro-life, and I am aware of how much some
people dislike pro-lifers. But I did try to make thoughtful, respectful posts.
Anyway, I thank you for your sympathy but you don't have to spend your mod points on me right now.
I have plenty of Karma, and the dishonest mods happened very recently and haven't hurt my Karma yet.
If I ever drop from Excellent I could ask your help.
Regards