Hi Sahin, arkadash 😉
I’ve been to some places in Turkey. About 600 km around Antalya, as well as most of the area between Izmir and Kushadasi and planty of villages. That’s enough, I guess, in order to see some air traffic. I went by a small civilian airport too, so I guess it was a region in which air traffic is allowed.
Still, I had great hope to see some Tukish AF fighter planes, but the only thing I saw were Turkish birds :rolleyes: 😉
Well, I’ll have to recheck my sources.
I know that the Turkish AF is one of the bests in the region. Naturally they should have a good amount of training.
Sahin, or PII, I believe the Turkish F-4s are ex-USAF, and not new built machines, is that right?
How many flight hours these planes had, before the Terminator upgrade?

The closing speed is crucial. The faster a missile goes, the success-rate drops.
The Iranian Shahab is much faster and more difficult to intercept.
Every such attack is very dangerous for every attacker too. Not a pinpoint weapon it has to be directed against civilian population centers, to hit something. It frees Israel to respond, with all it has. If Iran becomes a nuclear power in the distant future. The number of warheads will be limited at first. Just firing a non-nuclear Shahab* into the direction of Israel becomes very dangerous for Iran. The Shahabs* may not come through, but the Jerichos* will reach Teheran or ? for shure.

According to the last interview with the head of the Arrow project, the Arrow is designed to be capable to intercept the Shihab-3, and will soon be able to intercept the Shihab-4 which is currently being developed.
Also, remember that Israel is a tiny country in terms of possible damage in a nuclear strike. Unlike most of the countries, one nuclear missile will be more than enough to wipe us out.
The problem for the Iranians is that it will also damage Jordan, Lebanon and maybe Syria. Not to mention the fact that the entire Palestinian population will share the same fate as Israel.

The Shahab is based over the NK Nodong, therefore it’s a very improved version of the Scud, with larger range and better accuricy.

I dont know which one, reports have been mixed up and confused. some say Arrow, others say Arrow two while others talk about testing Arrow two and india buying Arrow in same article.

I am just going to wait till they actually get get either one.

The Arrow 2 is the Arrow. Period. The Arrow 1 was only used in the begining, and was later redesigned to the Arrow 2 after the lessons from the tests.
The Arrow 1 is not produced.

Details on the test? Hitting a SCUD-type missile is one thing…being smart enough to go for the warhead when the SCUD-type missile is crap and breaks into pieces in midflight is another.

The Arrow goes to the warhead, but its explosion destroyes all pieces of the missile within 50m.

Don’t worry, it won’t take long 😉

Actually, it’s a “kfirized” Mirage 5, with the French engine.
Excellent pictures, a classic beauty.