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Old 10-27-2007, 23:03 PM   #413 (permalink)
Feanor
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Originally Posted by zraver View Post
There is a reason Iran does not buy almost modern Russian fighters or Soviet era destroyers, but instead wants Chinese mines and anti-ship missiles and North Korean semi-submersible stealth FAC's.

They are in possession of a large number of Russian fighter jets. They've also been ramping up their AA, and there has been an alleged purchase of 5 Foxhounds.

EDIT: Is it just me or did Iran start a large number of indigenous weapons programs in the early 90's? A whole bunch of them were ''completed'' in '97.

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