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So? You condone sending young men, conscripts into their deaths?
Do you really think that a country like USA would not take such things into consideration?
THINK:
1- They put the sanctions on Iran and forced the world to do so.
2- They are patrolling the entire Gulf region, seeing every movement in Iran through satellites and other spy systems.
3- They pressed Russia and China not to assist Iranian military progress in self-reliance to such an extent that even these two otherwise strong countries caved in.
Do you really think that they'll not take the 'quantity' perspective into picture considering that despite what the top elites in Iran claim or not?
First, Iran doesn't reveal its military capabilities which the Americans know is no matter what, not more advanced than theirs.
Second, investing into a technology that can preserve soldiers and at the same time win a war, is important.
Third, fighting a war of attrition with USA is useless. They won't even need to put boots on the ground. In a full-blown war, the best thing they'd do is recall at least three CBGs with their entire armada and a dozen other destroyers, launch their full aerial fury from their bases in Arab countries.
That's what they did in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Though Afghan strategy failed because of the nature of its conflict, what a potential US-Iran war would be, would be a conventional country to country war.
A war which USA has pioneered in.
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Bottomline is that personally, Iran should invest in technologies that can ensure sufficient protection of valuable pilots who will in turn someday lead Iranian Air Force.
It is difficult but considering the path the clerics have chosen of outright rejection of anything American, it will be something they have to do.
The other option is to tone down politically a bit and rather try to slightly mend ties with the West in general.
Iranians are not considered fanatic and are even admired in many western countries as being modern and far-sighted people --- something that Arabs, Pakistanis and other of Iran's neighbouring people are not considered as.
It is best that Iran follows a China-like strategy to build itself up.
China despises USA and if Mao had his way, US would have been sent to stone age with Communist missiles in the 60s itself.
But instead, Chinese chose to follow the Art of War.
They fed right into US heartland and have today taken a leading position.
Iran can do something similar but distinct given its own geopolitical circumstances and limitations.
But an outright confrontation would be foolish and wasteful.
The youth are the biggest resource any country has. Training them costs money, and lots of time. That should not go wasted.
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As for India, it is sad I know. Lakhs of them die every year. But these die separate from what the general population is, which is massive. More than 76% of the Indian population is under 25 years of age. Every year more than 80 million young men are combat fit to join military services if need be.
Being on PDF for quite sometime, you must be familiar with the geo-political compulsions India has, apart from a callous government.
Iran doesn't have so much demography and we're talking about a hypothetical confrontation between a superpower superior in every form of modern combat in today's warfare against a sanction-hit country.
Please understand the perspective from which I speak.
Sorry body, but all the actual facts are contradicting every single word of what you intend to say,
One example suffices to contradict what you understand by not following the news closely, is that even your country who is energy starved does not comply with the US sanctions, let alone China and a score of others.
for the rest it is obvious that you hold to classical views of warfare, which do not apply much anymore (read about the Lebanon war of 2006, Hezbollah defeats Israel in 33 days, 5000 soldiers against 120 000 Israeli troops and armour, plus air-power plus navy).
80 million new conscripts compared to 20 million battle ready is not comparable, this shows more of your misunderstandings of the facts.
To put some facts on record
It is much easier to power an Aircraft by horses or donkeys than by electro-ionic system aka ion thrusters.
An ion-thruster is a kind of experimental engines currently being used on large distance planetary missions.They have a high specific impulse but have very low total impulse and acceleration.
They need a conventional rocket to help them escape gravity so that they could be operational far away from earth gravity.
They could not be used to move even a tin can on planet where there is significant atmospheric drag and gravity to overcome.
You do not have a GPS.
Who told you for propulsion purposes.
Every one has access to civilian GPS, otherwise Iran can count on the Chinese one.