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To: Abathar

No IAF platform could fly to Iran with that thing. They have
no strategic bombers in their fleet (barring some scratchbuilt effort using a jumbo jet).


7 posted on 10/13/2009 8:19:01 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: rahbert

I didn’t know if they could pull it out the back of a heavy transport like the older daisycutters were back in Vietnam.


15 posted on 10/13/2009 8:24:24 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: rahbert

THE C130 can fly their and back easily. The bomb would be only half it payload.

Specifications for the Lockheed C-130H Hercules
Dimensions:
Length: 97.77ft (29.80m)
Width:132.55ft (40.40m)
Height: 37.40ft (11.40m)

Performance: About MACH
Max Speed: 386mph (621kmh; 335kts)
Max Range: 2,237miles (3,600km)
Rate-of-Climb: 0ft/min (0m/min)
Service Ceiling: 33,005ft (10,060m; 6.3miles)

Structure:
Accommodation: 4 + 92
Hardpoints: 0
Empty Weight: 76,505lbs (34,702kg)
MTOW: 175,003lbs (79,380kg)

Powerplant:
Engine(s): 4 x Allison T56-A-15LFE turboprop engines generating 4,508hp each.

click for full info

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=28


24 posted on 10/13/2009 10:08:26 AM PDT by cpdiii (roughneck, oilfield trash and proud of it, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, iconoclast.)
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