[sinanju]

Basically their entire conventional warfare capacity is laughably pitiful. I read they can field only one armored division and that, conventionally speaking, their Gulf neighbors could collectively kick their butts militarily.

All their treasure has been sunk into the nuclear program.

[Enchante]

"Iran can, at great effort and expense, get a dozen or so F-14s airborne. But once flying, these ancient and jury-rigged aircraft, are more target than threat."

Well that sounds like a truly formidable Islamo-Nazi air force!! One might think that after 28 years they could do better than this.... it's only those Chinese Silkworm missiles that we need worry about, plus those terroristic IRG patrol boats.....

[newnhdad]

I’ve heard that too.
Problem is that they don’t need a lot of weapons, just two. A nuke and a few million idiots willing to walk into machinegun fire for their shot at 72 virgins. Their strategy vs Iraq was similar to the USSR. Walk through the minefields and into incoming fire until they ran out of bullets.