Simviation Forum - Iran Unmanned Bomber

Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 1:00pm

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_unmanned_bomber

This doesn't look too good. Undecided

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Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 1:33pm

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Proactive thought......

Please keep the following discussion focused on the aircraft... not the politics of the situation. Thanks.

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Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 1:42pm

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The comments section at that link, makes for some very fun reading. Grin

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Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 3:35pm

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Building it's not the hard part. Getting it to go where you want it to without fail is. Also, it carries a very small payload from what the article says. Probably would be a better cruise missile than bomber.

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Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 3:52pm

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A SCUD with wings? No one said it could return to base. A bottle rocket is unmanned too.

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Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 5:40pm

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Silkworm variant with lots of wing area added...

OK it does have enough lift power for a MK82, but the rest of the specs makes me think that they dont have the datalink power to put more than 1 exocet on it

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Reply #6 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 8:54pm

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I like the cheezy gold paint.

I have to agree that the payload looks way to small to be any threat, just Iran getting into the news again

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Reply #7 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 11:01am

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The aesthetics are quite cool.. but its payload does seem rather limited... hardly call it a big threat.

"Politics" is made up of two words, "Poli", which is Greek for "many", and "tics", which are blood sucking insects. - Gore Vidal

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Reply #8 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 1:23pm

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Well you can slam it into an oil tanker in a strategic spot...

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Reply #9 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 2:06pm

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I suppose it can be usefull but I wouldn't be tooooo worried about them..though at a low altitude they could be quite nasty

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Reply #10 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 7:33pm

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Gold Finger.. where you least expect it! 007 lives..again.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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