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hehe, I have heard that expression in the West in so many different flavors. A giant project needs to be broken up again and again to smaller pieces, until there are single manageable tasks and then it is suddenly doable - that is what I learned from the crazy project called NIMROD MRA4...

Actually foreign policy is often very, very rational and non-emotional. That is what angers the people often. Russia's number 1 priority right now is the Natural Gas pipeline to Germany, or as they say it, to go back to 2012-2013 when they had great relationship with Germany and they felt like...

Russia, China, India, and now even all the smaller countries in Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, etc.) and even Pakistan and to fair, even Iran, are all playing or participating in the BIG GAME. Russian indeed does not have any consideration towards supporting Iran from an ideological...

With all respect, no insult intended, but I believe that you are deliberately attempting to CONFUSE yourself and not understand what TheImmortal is trying to say. Please consider with an open mind, what is being said. I speak with a few people in Iran IRIAF, and I assure you there are NO major...

Indeed. But Iran CAN coerce them gently. It may be hard to believe, but there was a time around 1977-1984 when Iran had some of the smartest people in politics (like Behashtee who had been educated in Germany). Those guys were really sharp and much smarter than people at the same level in U.S...

Well said TheImmortal. I heard the VERY same words come out of a member of parliament in UK, many years ago. There is a pub downstairs in House of Commons, and by noon MPs are plastered out of their heads, some even facing down on the ground (I swear I saw it many times), but when drunk they...

I have nothing but respect for you. Iranians need to KEEP THEIR FOCUS on UNITY - as no nation is TARGETED by so many other nations, in such an unfair way. Even North Korea isn't targeted as much as Iran has been, even when Saddam attacked Iran. So, let's ELEVATE each other, with support...

WOW - WOW. As if you took the words right out of my head. I try very hard to NEVER insult an Iranian person. I understand Westerners have used DIVIDE AND CONQUER against Iranians for more than 120 years, having understood early on that Iranians as a culture are easy to divide because of their...

Good points my friend. I am not confident that Iran can build a 1990 level AL31 that is "reliable". I am just not confident. I love those guys at MAPNA. They are generous, they are decent, they are Iranian elites (educated to high degree) who love Iran so much, they went back and are working...

Love your enthusiasm Sineva. You remind me of ....

Yes you are correct to a degree Themmortal. However my friend, we all have our own handicaps. I know I have mine. Iran has its own, and so does China. Fact: China has done in the last 30 years, what no other nation ever has, from where they started to where they are today. Even Germany did not...

Aryobarzan jan, thanks for your question. I always enjoy reading your posts. Insight from a different perspective, it is refreshing and forces me to think like others, rather than from an engineering point of view. Regarding your question, here's what I have to say (sorry if it is long with...

I have worked on these engines most of my adult life. Trust me, gas turbine engines design and manufacturing is an immensely complex process. Raw materials, yet very very important. Coating, just as important. Sequencing. A wide range of technical issues need to be resolved. What is important...

Iran quickly (relatively) developed the kh-55 equivalent (after a few mishaps). Some suggest that it got help, hint, hint. The aft turbofan is the same project Iran has started back in 1977, namely GE CF700 Dassault Falcon 20, with quite a bit of help from France on the "French assumption" that...

You are, of course, correct. But I haven't seen the Americans this nervous before about something Iran is building. They do have "answers" for such platforms. But they seem to feel this is something worrying. They are really getting their nickers in a twist over it. I am waiting to find out why.

Judging by the time line in your post, if you were based in UK as an F-111 bomber pilot, then it is very likely that you and I have met. Fair to say, I am not sure I agree with everything you have suggested in your post, based on my own work experiences and what I have learnt from other pilots...

For whatever the reason (which I cannot figure out, even asking my military friends who are very verse in military and in particular Navy war strategies and tactics), U.S. seems particularly WORRIED about these vessels. I am sure they will not be any better than Tuo Chiang-class corvette, so...

You are VERY VERY correct. Dutch Intelligence was the key to Stuxnet. I cannot say more. But here's a question every Iranian-nation loving person should ask of themselves: Why are they trying so hard to STOP/Hurt Iran? This is a question that needs analysis. Look at the last 500 years of...

War is a game of strategy, like chess. That is the harsh, may be even cruel, reality of it. But strategy is everything. You can lose all the battles but win the war. Perfect example: U.S.A. - if you spend enough hours of your youth in national archive centers reading through documents that never...

Good points. I believe, possibly my error in judgment, that Iran needs to build ONE ENGINE first, and then go ahead and try to make a second one. So ideally, it would be better to build a bigger engine than a smaller one. Iran seems to be building Owj/J85 at the moment. If they can do this, at...