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Lava, I don’t want to disappoint you but it seems that nothing is safe from the axe yielded by the US government.

I unfortunately have never seen a Viggen in flight but I have heard that it is a fan favorite because of its raw power. Here’s a few links to commemorate a great bird!
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Enjoy!

Out of curiosity, what happened to the USS Sea Shadow and the vessel seen in the James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies?

Shadow:

I said the U.S. has trouble stomping out guerillas. Saddam made the mistake of trying to fight a conventional war with us. Twice. I think he wasn’t reading the right books.

I don’t think that he was reading any books. I sometimes wonder if the man knew how to read. I do sincerely think that the United States military and government made a mistake thinking that they could so easily walk into Iraq and hold control. I don’t think anyone would have ever thought that such an insurgency uprising would create such a problem.

This is the flaw in the reasoning of so many second rate powers. They see the U.S. having trouble stamping out guerillas, and then they assume we’re weaker than we look.
So they try to engage on a conventional level, and they get stomped.

Saddam would still be in power today if he hadn’t decided that the U.S. didn’t like taking casualties and so could be defied on a conventional battlefield.

On a conventional level, most countries would be stupid to engage American forces in any type of conflict. However, as far as a guerilla war is concerned, I am sorry but I see the insurgency in Iraq lasting far longer than everyone thinks. And if the US military is so strong in stamping out guerilla forces, why is it that they are still hunting Osama Ben Laden and his group of cohorts. There have been to many setbacks, too many lives taken by these Muslim religious fanatics and it is taking the fight out of American forces.

The real question that needs to be asked is can the US military handle a full scale conflict with a foe which hasn’t been weakened in the past like Iraq had been during the course of twelve years. The Iranian government has had the time to bolter its military while everyone’s focus was aimed at Saddam Hussein which could make it a potentially dangerous enemy for US forces.
Moral in Iraq seems to be at an all time low with troops struggling to comprehend why they are there and why it is that their safety is constantly put on the line by insurgents. I am sorry to say that a military power, which has been vaunted the world over, should have made quick work of these pesky guerilla fighters. I hope that the US government will eventually realize that it needs to get rid of Donald Rumsfeld who has been nothing but an absolute thorn in the US Defense Department side. The US military which is operating in the Middle East today isn’t the same as the one which crushed one of the largest armies in the world in 1991. The only reason, to me, seems to be that Rumsfeld’s ego got in the way of what really needed to be done.
Should Iran decide to attack American forces in the Middle East, it will be very hard for them to organize an effective counterattack as they have, in the last few weeks, experienced a shortage of parts and personnal equipment, amongst other things. The simple fact that a soldier asked the Defense Secretary, even if he had to be asked to do it, why it was that they hadn’t received the equipment they needed to fight the enemy spoke volume of the state of what really might be going on in Iraq. The way Rumsfeld handled the answer was so pathetic, I couldn’t believe such a man was at the head of this once proud organization. Iran would have the upper hand until a time that the US can organize a counterattack, at which point, the balance would swing back in the favor of the United States. It probably wouldn’t take very long for this to happen but at the cost of how many lives!
The point I’m trying to make is rather than starting to focus on Iran, the United States should worry about finishing the job it has started in Iraq and allow the world community to see if a peaceful agreement can be reached.

Combat Aircraft Sept. 2004 had a great article on this operation. Could be a good source of information for you.