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China exports attack craft to Sudan
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| 9/17/08
| By Andrei Chang
Posted on 09/17/2008 8:42:45 PM PDT by Flavius
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posted on
09/17/2008 8:42:46 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
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posted on
09/17/2008 8:49:20 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: Flavius
Looks like a BAE Goshawk.
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posted on
09/17/2008 8:54:56 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(Summum ius summa iniura. (The more law, the less justice))
To: ken21
Primitive isn’t it?
Might as well crank up the A4 line, the A4 would outperform their K-8.
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posted on
09/17/2008 8:58:18 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
(McCain/Palin 2008)
To: valkyry1
yeah,
but if you’re on a camel,
this thing’s got you down.
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posted on
09/17/2008 8:59:13 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
true true
unless you get a stinger or two
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:01:48 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
(McCain/Palin 2008)
To: valkyry1
yeah,
that’s how we got the soviets out of afghanistan,
and later, we got in!
ironic, isn’t it.
china’s going to control africa.
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:03:23 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:13:03 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: ken21
//ironic, isnt it.//
yes it is.
//chinas going to control africa.//
Africa is an bottomless pit for all who try to control it IMO.
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:18:05 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
(McCain/Palin 2008)
To: Flavius
For a typical strike mission, how many slaves will be required to push it to the target area? Won’t the wheels bog down in the sand?
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:18:56 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: Flavius
Is it me, or does the skin of this aircraft look a little mottled - it isn’t the paint, it looks like they hammered out dents and got them almost smooth.
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:30:42 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Flavius
I wonder if the Sudanese animists and Christians would like a pack of Stingers.
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posted on
09/17/2008 9:37:36 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(McCain/Palin 2008 : Palin the Paladin 2012)
To: valkyry1; ken21; tanuki
It’s an intermediate jet trainer-a level below the Hawk/Goshawk so it’s not meant to be flashy. The PRC has two advanced jet trainer projects going on at the moment.
To: valkyry1
Africa is an bottomless pit for all who try to control it IMO.
I think it is a tossup- I don't underestimate either party's commitment to brutality and disregard for human life.
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posted on
09/18/2008 9:53:23 AM PDT
by
philled
("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
To: valkyry1
Might as well crank up the A4 line, the A4 would outperform their K-8.Sure, but the K-9 is a real dog.
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posted on
09/18/2008 9:57:00 AM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: ken21
it looks 1959ish. If so astonishingly advanced for the time
Czech Aero L-39 first flight 1971
British Aerospace Hawk first flight 1974
Spainsh CASA 101 first flight 1977
Yugoslav SOKO Super Galeb first flight 1978
Taiwan AT-3 AIDC first flight 1980
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posted on
09/18/2008 10:05:32 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Does anyone remember the olden days when the US presidential election was boring?)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
09/18/2008 10:13:30 AM PDT
by
tanuki
(Summum ius summa iniura. (The more law, the less justice))
To: Oztrich Boy
the point is,
it does not look like 2008.
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posted on
09/18/2008 10:26:45 AM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
the point is, it does not look like 2008 Actually it does. Since the 70s military Jet Trainers either look like the British Aerospace Hawk or the Dassault/Dornier Alpha jet. Still do
Russian MiG-AT first flight 1996
Indian HAL HJT-36 first flight 2003
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posted on
09/18/2008 10:45:44 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Does anyone remember the olden days when the US presidential election was boring?)
To: ken21
the point is,it does not look like 2008. Shiny, expensive, high-tech weapon systems are great for countries that need them and can afford them.
Sudan is not one of those countries- any opponents it is likely to face will be even lower tech than the Sudanese military. And Sudan simply does not have the military infrastructure to maintain any advanced weapon system.
We have to remember that most ongoing conflicts in the world today involve mostly light infrantry with some artillery and maybe a little armored support. Only a handful of nations in the world have the ability (and need) to support an advanced military.
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posted on
09/18/2008 10:54:32 AM PDT
by
Citizen Blade
(What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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