Time to Bring the SR-71 out of Mothballs?

[Cobra412]

Eagl I'm curious what base are you at again?  Sorry not trying to hijack or anything, just curious.

[NUKE]

satellites may not always be better or cheaper....they have limited amount of fuel to use if they need to change locations to get into the right spot.

[indy007]

Originally posted by NUKE
satellites may not always be better or cheaper....they have limited amount of fuel to use if they need to change locations to get into the right spot.

They're also not exactly convenient to upgrade or repair.

[Cobra412]

Rapid deployment of limited life satellites is a possibility.  Cheap, easy to deploy, and ready for any situation.

[SunTracker]

Let Iran shoot down an aircraft that's not over their territory and lets just see what happens.

What can we actually do?  Our military is stretched thin right now.  Maybe airstrikes, but we cant divert troops from the battlezone (Iraq).

[eagl]

Cobra I'm at RAF Lakenheath.

[Cobra412]

I was stationed there myself for 3 years with the Es.

[eagl]

Red or Blue?

[wulfie]

Originally posted by Muckmaw1
"In late December, Teheran ordered the Iranian Air Force to shoot down unidentified aircraft flying anywhere in the country. Iranian officials have accused Israel and the United States of seeking to conduct reconnaissance flights over Iran.

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"So we really even need spy planes anymore? I thought Sattelites could do the job."

Think about it for a second.

You can send reconaissance aircraft where you want them when you need them there.

Reconaissance sattelites are 'probably pretty effective' () but they also are a little more predictable. There's more than one Nation that can get data on exposure windows which they can then pass on to Iran in return for some type of payment.

Mike/wulfie

[wulfie]

Originally posted by lada
it depend in whitch company do have Mr. President`s fun club money, doesnt it ?

Did you overdose on really bad acid while watching 20+ episodes of 'The X-Files' in a row?

In case you didn't, here's a simple concept you obviously haven't been exposed to yet.

1. Presidents are around for 8 years tops.
2. Weapons/system/etc. research-design-development-deployment cycles frequently run longer than 8 years. The notable exception to this is the U-2 program.

Mike/wulfie

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by SunTracker
What can we actually do?  Our military is stretched thin right now.  Maybe airstrikes, but we cant divert troops from the battlezone (Iraq).

airstrikes would be all that's probably needed.  No one in the states wants to occupy Iran right now but shooting down an one of our aircraft would be all the excuse needed to turn the clock on Iran's nuke program back 10 years.

[Cobra412]

Madhatters

[-MZ-]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
airstrikes would be all that's probably needed.  No one in the states wants to occupy Iran right now but shooting down an one of our aircraft would be all the excuse needed to turn the clock on Iran's nuke program back 10 years.

You think they don't know about what happend at Osriak?

Their nuclear effort is not concentrated at one site, and we don't know where most of these sites are even located.

[takeda]

Originally posted by rshubert
Where are you, lada?  Identify the firearm product from your country that is better than say, the M16A2, or the M4 (neither of which are my personal favorites, btw).

The Corps say:Mother Russia made them nice and long lasting. Fallujahgrad?

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by -MZ-
You think they don't know about what happend at Osriak?

Their nuclear effort is not concentrated at one site, and we don't know where most of these sites are even located.

Wow are you a CIA analyst or something?  You must be pretty good if you happend to know where all the sites are.