a rare one…

Brigadier Bakr, commander of the 66th brigade with his son, with his MD500 behind him… from Iraq in the 1980s.

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they are already using an existing batch of hellfires for the King Air 350 ISR planes and AC-208 combat caravans

But the attacks are insufficient as the planes only have 2 hellfires, and due to the area covered there’s only ever 1 plane within range to carry out the attack.

an attack on a convoy of terrorists yesterday.

another attack on a terrorist camp (I think 3 days ago).
this is the exact location of the camp… https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=32%C2%B0+34%E2%80%B2+39%E2%80%B3+N,+40%C2%B0+50%E2%80%B2+13%E2%80%B3+E&data=!1m4!1m3!1d8710!2d40.8379881!3d32.5778811!2m1!1e3!4m14!2m13!1m12!3m8!1m3!1d27032495!2d-95.677068!3d37.0625!3m2!1i1042!2i796!4f13.1!4m2!3d32.5775!4d40.8369444&fid=7

note the ineffectiveness of having just 1 or 2 hellfires… such targets need to be approached by a hail of 80mm rockets from the Mi171 and Mi35s…

Iraqi MOD is in negotiations with China and another country over the urgent delivery of armed UAVs.
The US had refused to sell them to Iraq, and Iraq doesn’t deal with Israel.

News from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence Spokesman.

I am guessing its “wing loong”.

recently Iraqi AC208s have been in action firing hellfires in the raging battles in the desert borders near saudi/jordan/syria. They desperately need armed UAVs to give constant coverage over this vast terrain filled with canyons, caves and hills.

more capable than SU35?

I was simply making a lifecycle cost comparison (like I wrote in my earlier message)… not talking about which aircraft is better for what role. 😀

of course T50//FA50 will be more expensive to buy and operate, I just wanted to see by HOW MUCH more (which is not too bad seeing from the Polish / Israeli deals).

OTOH I do agree that the FA50 aircraft at least is not a “direct” analogue of the M346 LIFT… it slots in between a gripen and JF17 as a light fighter.

PS. The koreans are replacing their F5 with FA50.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Wish you all a happy new year!

It has been more liberal lately, pls see this link for the export rules http://www.isp.se/sa/node.asp?node=418.

However Iraq is still under EU weapon export embargo http://www.isp.se/sa/node.asp?node=1347, so no export possible until rules change.

so how do other EU countries sell to Iraq? patrol boats, guns, armed helicopters, APCs etc… etc…

actually that above is not accurate…
UN has lifted its embargo on the Iraqi Government. http://www.sipri.org/databases/embargoes/un_arms_embargoes/iraq

and so has the EU… http://www.sipri.org/databases/embargoes/eu_arms_embargoes/iraq