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  • in reply to: Syrian Mig-23 #2652094
    dan_pub
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    inferior!!!!! I hope you are not using the expression ethincally here

    If you read the opening sentence, it should be pretty obvious: “a matter of individual plane or pilot superiority.”

    or else 😡 .

    Or else, habibi? Gotta love such macho statements 😀 . Don’t worry: most Zionists are slightly smarter than making statements this dumb. 😀 😀 😀

    in reply to: Syrian Mig-23 #2653964
    dan_pub
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    Not individual superiority. Systems superiority

    I can tell you that I have mostly western sources and there are many doubts about Israeli claims. I wrote about American claims in Vietnam. They say it was 4:1 between F-4 and Mig-17, and as you know, F-4 was far better than Mig-17 that F-15 is compared to Mig-23.
    Comparing pilots, Americans were better trained than Vietnam ones, also.

    Or this: Me-262 was indeffinitely better than Mustang or Spit, but nobody claimed than kill ratio has been 50 or 100:0.

    I believe that you are missing the point: the rout suffered by the Syrian AF in Bekaa ’82 was not only a matter of individual plane or pilot superiority.

    They were certainly “somewhat” inferior in that respect, how much exactly not being the question here, but the crux of the matter is that they had to go into battle piecemeal, without ground control, basically blind. Their ATC assets had been wiped out. And they had to rise in defense of their ground forces against an air force that had full ground control and even E-2 awacs.

    They did not stand a chance. This is almost completely independant of the personal value of each pilot and plane.

    I personally believe the Syrians were very inferior anyway, so much so that they would have been spanked anyway even in a level-field battle, but 1) this was not a level-field battle, and 2) this kind of opinion is purely personal and there is no hope that we will ever agree. No point even raising it. The point is: whether right or wrong, it had almost no influence on the outcome of that particular battle.

    The crux: the tally of Bekaa ’82 does not reflect plane-vs-plane values, nor pilot-vs-pilot. It reflects the value of battlefield management and organized formations against a blinded and piecemeal enemy.

    82-to-0 or 100-to-0, or whatever the tally is, basically reflects only how many planes the Syrians did send before giving up. In those conditions they could have sent any numbers, the poor sods just did not have a chance.

    in reply to: Syrian Mig-23 #2655334
    dan_pub
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    There we go again. They can’t possibly beat us, they HAD to be helped

    How can you state that Americans have not been involved with their U-2/SR-71 reccon a/c there in 1982 conflict ?

    There is no need to invent a US intervention to explain how that campaign happened:
    – recce UAVs (Scout/Mastiff/etc) to locate the batteries;
    – bait UAVs to get the radars fixed;
    – then open up with everything (arty + ARMs + guided bombs + etc) on the radars;
    – then blast the AA assets;
    – then provoke them into air battle and spank them big time. 😀

    Again, there is no need to invent an intervention by the US, Klingon, or anyone, to explain how that campaign developped. The only “reason” for inventing an outside intervention is the Arabs’ reluctance to admit their defeats. Same thing with some Egyptians inventing a US tank exped force in ’67.

    Regarding Israeli UAV’s, it is true that Americans procured your UAV’s, but these were, as you know, small tactical reccon drones, which had nothing in common with strategic reccon aircraft like SR-71.

    Yes indeed. And locating AA batteries in a valley is a tac role, not a strategic one.

    BTW, it may be comforting for Arab egos to think that the US would share intel with Israel to help an IDF attack, but reality is that the US would rather try to prevent Tshl from retaliating. In fact the US are most of the time displeased when the IDF dishes it back to the Arabs.

    You surely know that IAF did not dare to attack Syrian positions with manned aircraft. It was too dangerous because SAM-6 and SAM-8 radars were unjammable.

    LOL, what a macho statement worthy of Rambo 😀 😀 😀 !
    “did not dare”, “unjammable” 😀 😀 😀
    What I know is that the IDF does not endanger the life of its soldiers and pilots if there is an other way.

    Regarding pictures, I will soon present them here.

    O boy. And the whole world will then realize their folly and see the one and only light.
    Look, you are not a relative of Kfadrat, by any chance? :confused:
    If and when you do have pictures to post, I’ll be very interested to assess them. Until then, given the ramboistic nature of your posts, I think I’ll pass. Sorry. 😮

    in reply to: Syrian Mig-23 #2655819
    dan_pub
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    I have read Russian claims as i also read Israeli claims, i consider both versions as equally likely to have happened

    You make it sound like you don’t know any better?

    Frankly, this level of worldliness, you may not want to flaunt it too much 😀 😀 😀

    in reply to: Syrian Mig-23 #2656312
    dan_pub
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    In 1973 war there were cases that Israelis claimed that their planes has been downed by AAA fire but Egyptians and Syrians have presented gun camera pictures depicting those same Israeli planes in flames !!!

    Yes? I’d be curious to see such a picture! where someone can id that it is the same plane 😮
    any url? 😀

    Regarding 1982 war, Israelis did not have U-2 but americans did. SR-71 was also involved.

    My, my, my. You must have really access to priviledged information.

    And this involvement of U-2/SR-71s explains why the US armed services frantically procured Israeli UAVs right after this? 😀 :diablo:

    dan_pub
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    What made the design attractive enough to be used in the first place?

    The combination of straight-wing qualities at low-speed + take-off/landing, and of swept wing qualities at high-speed.

    As was pointed out, it became obsolete because with the power now available in modern engines there is plenty to go. You just take any silly quasi-straight wing for the lift and manoeuver-ability that you need, and add enough power. Like they do to fly outhouse doors.
    Check the F/A-18’s wing and see if I’m so wrong…
    😀 😀 😀

    Besides, don’t forget that swing-wing would not fit with stealth too easily.

    in reply to: Why are the decks of Soviet/Russian ships red? #2061019
    dan_pub
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    The slipery slope…

    what is wrong with people who believe in Christianity?

    Hmmm? What is wrong with people who harbour one variety of supernatural beliefs rather than the other?
    Nothing more than with the people who believe in Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer.
    Nothing less, unfortunately.

    Ah, yes, maybe. The religious believers of the various persuasions have been responsible for the vast majority of organised murders throughout human history.

    But that’s hardly a “wrong”, is it?
    😀 😀 😀

    As long as it’s OK with God, it CAN’T be wrong.
    :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:

    in reply to: True? Israel and two new Dolphins? #2061783
    dan_pub
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    as far as I know the French do not base their carriers from there, it may make some port visits…

    Of course. No more and no less “based there” than the US or UK.

    And as you could check, the reply was not to whether they ARE based there, but to who is “capable of basing aircraft carriers in that region.The French dont have a base there.”

    in reply to: True? Israel and two new Dolphins? #2061822
    dan_pub
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    Probably ment that the only country besides the US and UK(due to diego gracia) capable of basing aircraft carriers in that region.The French dont have a base there.

    Mmmhhh. Interesting.
    Try looking up “Reunion Island”, someday, if you’re ever fed up with the taste of your foot in your mouth.
    :diablo: :diablo: 😀 😀

    in reply to: New UAV #2608342
    dan_pub
    Participant

    Spice?

    CoUld it be a RAFAEL SPICE ?
    It is difficult to tell under this angle.

    in reply to: Mig-21 pics of ALL user countries #2608592
    dan_pub
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    I’m pretty sure the majority of Fishbeds were actually Indonesian, but it’s not an easy topic to confirm concrete details for! 😉

    Are we talking about the same period?
    Israel supplied Mig-21s to the USAF in the late 60s / early 70s.
    I’m not aware of the Indonesian deal, but I’d expect it to be later?

    in reply to: Mig-21 pics of ALL user countries #2608671
    dan_pub
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    Can somebody ID the country ?

    Looks like a DDR (ex-East Germany) flag on the fin.

    in reply to: Mig-21 pics of ALL user countries #2608708
    dan_pub
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    Q: Which is the most advanced version of Mig-21/F/J series ? In terms of Avionics and Manoeuvrebelity? (mind the spellings incase they’re wrong)

    If you really really want to know, the most advanced version are the ones produced by Elbit and IAI.
    😀 😀 😀 :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:

    in reply to: Mig-21 pics of ALL user countries #2608852
    dan_pub
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    I don’t think so… Unless you’re also counting the F-7 as a Mig-21, it is operated by only a few countries, ie Pakistan and Zimbabwe.

    I think you missed the point of my photo: 007 is a MiG-21 in the colors of the ISRAELI air force.
    The IAF also inherited a whole flight of 21s from Algeria, on top of that one from Iraq.

    The USAF also operated a few 21s, which AFAIK came mostly from Israel as well. (t’was meeting it Vietnam, and eager to study it).

    in reply to: Mig-21 pics of ALL user countries #2608869
    dan_pub
    Participant

    There’s more than this!

    Aren’t you forgetting a few countries? 😀 😀 😀

    Introducing the famous “007”. :diablo:

    (at least the museum version of it. It is not the original plane to bear this registration, which was ex-Iraqi. The example now exhibited at Hatzerim is another of the captured MiG-21s, one of the former Algerian captures IIRC.)

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