But the cocpit layout is looks kind of sloppy, agree?

probably because of the HUD looking much bulkier than their European and American equivelents, and a bit of empty space due to the bigger “dash board” of the Flanker.

about algeria:
its gdp is about $85 billion … the gdp per capita is about $2,5k ($5k in ppp)…
unemployment is about 22% !!! (2x the unemployement rate of neighbour countries), inflation rate is about 4,5%…
hydrocarbures account for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of gdp, and over 95% of export…

😉

its both true… PPP is $7000, but the population below poverty line is also high., that’s because the wealth gap between classes is huge

Cheers! Iran follows a policy of secrecy similar to China’s unlike the US. It is hard to find out what kind of inventory they have. IMHO its not known how many MiGs where upgraded or if they where upgraded at all or what exactly is irans inventory. but here is globalsecurity’s list:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milit…e-equipment.htm

the URL isn’t a full URL, and global security isn’t the greatest source on Iran’s equipment. Air Combat Information Group has more up to date information and seems to specialize on Iran as they’ve written several books on the subject.

As for secretive.. up to an extent.. for both Iran and China. There is no shortage of enthusiasts and plane spotters in both countries, and eventually, pics of J-10s, FC-1s, new ships, KJ-2000, etc are eventually shown on the internet. Likewise Iran’s MiG-29s, recent F-14 pictures with Phoenix, Su-24s, J-7, Mirage F1, Zolfaqar, Shafaq, etc have all been shown and available on the internet. exact numbers, types of upgrades done domestically, and operationability may be harder to guess, but something like a totally new type would be easier to spot and known by now.

Or this

that one is from an X-35 mock up, which the production version MIGHT use,

but the cockpit used in the test ones is this one..

Has anyone considered that Iran is Chinas main energy source, and in todays china, energy is everything. What makes you guys think that china will just allow the US to stifle its economy on the pretext of non-ploriferation, anti-terrorism, whatever?

I think if the US is serious about going after Iran then it may find that when it does go in it would be facing more than the Iranian defence force… Energy is the one resource the Chinese can not give away, yet everyone seems to be ignoring this.

Iran is the main energy, or a major energy source for alot of countries, not just China.. but also of that of Japan and some Western European countries too.

Next you’ll be dragging out the photoshops of Iranian Tu-22M3! Iran has absolutely no MiG-31s in their inventory. The same goes for any opertional S-300 system. None of those appear on any threat list for the region. There is a good reason for that as none of them exist in Iranian operational service.

Stop living in a dream world! For the Iranians to operate such systems they have to train and operate them as part of their integrated defence system. And neither do they have operational MiG-25 courtesy of the Iraqis. Yet another rumour some individuals believe. It was exactly the same pre-Allied Force with fantasy claims of what the Serbs possessed.

exactly, Even that link (which is a link to a forum, not an article), had replies where people questioned the reliability of that report! Some proof. And yes, there are many armchair generals who continue their wishful thinking despite the obvious. Heck one can even take a look at this thread:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5854
which is not from one or two years ago, but nearly SIX years ago on Iran and the MiG-31.. which still has yet to surface today. The only difference is, most of the people in that thread have already moved on.

^i agree, much better looking than the atlantiques

With many F-14D’s being retired and with many flight hours left. Would the venerable Tomcat be a good short-term replacement for the RAAF’s F-111 Fleet? At least until the arrival of the F-35 or possibly FB-22! :rolleyes:

it’d be cool to see the Tomcat with the Aussie insignia, but can it do the role of the F-111 in terms of carrying its ordinance?