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[tsunset]

First time finding something by myself with google satellites feels good These are F-14s right?
there are 5 F-14s parked at this location 32.765898252650324, 51.89775556546859

 

[Stryker1982]

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First time finding something by myself with google satellites feels good These are F-14s right?
there are 5 F-14s parked at this location 32.765898252650324, 51.89775556546859

Oh yeah, those are F-14's alright

Russia is very picky with their arms. Politics comes before profit.

Unfortunately, Putin may not truly learn from this experience, or maybe he will. His attempts at catering to Israel will not lead to anything positive for him. When push comes to shove, they will always side with NATO.

 

[TheImmortal]

Unfortunately, Putin may not truly learn from this experience, or maybe he will. His attempts at catering to Israel will not lead to anything positive for him. When push comes to shove, they will always side with NATO.

Somewhere along the way, US learned to take down its enemies it should first cause fractures in their societies and eventually destroy the fabric of their culture.

Look at the 3 ‘axis’ countries left:

• Russian society is the most fractured it’s ever been
• Iranian society is the most fractured it’s ever been
• Chinese society is the most fractured it’s ever been

Even in China we saw riots recently due to COVID restrictions, that’s unheard of in Communist China. Taboos are slowly being broken.

My point is these 3 countries know they are being attacked at the very fabric of their society rather than kinetically or vis a vi a military approach. Instead of uniting as one bloc the Chinese and Russians think they can go about it on their own and foil enemy plots while still keeping relations with the very countries who seek their demise.

if your society turns on you, then who will defend you when you make a call to arms? Or worse wait long enough and the society will do the leg work for these Western imperialists and remove the ruling governments themselves from within aka a ‘color revolution’ (Ukraine, Libya, Syria, etc).

 

[SalarHaqq]

Unfortunately, Putin may not truly learn from this experience, or maybe he will. His attempts at catering to Israel will not lead to anything positive for him. When push comes to shove, they will always side with NATO.

Iran-Russia relations including in the strategic and military realm are at an all time high, with unprecedented acts of cooperation taking place as we speak. Possible supply of Sukhoi fighter jets to Iran will further underscore this state of affairs.

Likewise, ties between post-Soviet Moscow and Tel Aviv are at an all time low as we speak. Russia went as far as shutting down the local branch of the Jewish Agency, the main zionist organization supervizing Jewish migration to Occupied Palestine. There was speculation that Netanyahu's return might be followed by renewed bilateral rapprochement with Russia at Iran's expense and yet these attempts have failed resoundingly as Russia signaled it's not willing to distance itself from Iran in exchange for whatever offer the Netanyahu regime made.

So I fail to see what would warrant your skepticism and what attempts to cater to Isra"el" you mean. At the moment the opposite can be observed since it's the zionists who are currently trying to cater to Russia but failing at it. Russia will be downright siding with NATO in case of a military aggression on Iran, you say? Nothing could be more disconnected from ground reality.

More generally speaking, the transition toward a multipolar system is perfectly inevitable and underway at a satisfactory pace even if the American propaganda machine and Hollywood would want us to believe otherwise.

There's nothing the empire can do to stop it, American hegemony is doomed and they're increasingly waking up to it deep down, even though the hubris may continue amongst some portions of the imperial establishment. What they may try is to delay the process and that's very much it. Western-instigated domestic disturbances affecting Iran, Russia or China are anything but signs of irremediable NATO supremacy - on the contrary, they're reflecting the last throes of an empire on its way out, which in despair is throwing at its adversaries everything it can realistically muster. To no avail though, since none of these destabilization attempts have achieved to jeopardize the ongoing emergence of alternate centers of power at the global stage.

Speaking of societal fissures furthermore, it's not as if these were sparing the USA nowadays. Protests against the Covid lockdown in China were nothing significant compared to the intense polarization plaguing American society. Conditions are gathered in this regard for the USA to be far more vulnerable than China and far closer to potential implosion.

As for the notion that emerging nations are oblivious to the need for cooperation against the common foe, this is not the case despite some missed opportunities and instances of divergence here and there. The absence of a NATO equivalent or ostentatious but inessential professions of solidarity doesn't mean Iran, Russia and China intend to go it fully alone. But they need to calibrate their moves according to the balance of power at any given time. The shared goal is set and won't vacillate but rash decisionmaking is uncalled for. Right now engaging in all too open formalization of military alliance for instance wouldn't turn to the advantage of resisting powers since the enemy would take it as an escalation and react accordingly.

To offer a concrete example, China is perfectly aware that confrontation with the USA regime is inevitable. Beijing is neither deluding itself, nor reluctant nor fearful of this outcome. From China's perspective however, making sure that the big clash occurs as tardily as possible by toning it down until that very moment, is a smart thing to do. Because with each passing year China happens to be catching up to the USA on every possible indicator. Every year, China's GDP is progressing in comparison to the USA. Every year, the Chinese navy is reducing the gap in firepower with the US navy. And so on and so forth. So the later they engage in more serious conflict, the more it will be the advantage of Beijing.

Time definitely isn't on the side of the empire. And fact is that the current level of cooperation between Russia, Iran and China has the USA mightily worried. This is apparent in their policies and in how their "think tanks" for instance are analyzing the situation. Let's look at the titles and introductory paragraphs of two recent papers by the hawkish "Washington Institute for Near East Policy":

Making Iran’s Support for Russia More Costly​

by Henry Rome
Jan 5, 2023

To foster doubts about the wisdom of deepening the relationship, Washington should stoke longstanding Iranian skepticism toward Russia and work with Europe to sanction additional entities involved in the drone program.

_____

After Ukraine: Russia’s Potential Military and Nuclear Compensation to Iran​

by Louis Dugit-Gros, Anna Borshchevskaya, Michael Eisenstadt, Farzin Nadimi, Henry Rome
Jan 20, 2023

Despite the obstacles to expanded cooperation, Russian aid could help Tehran promote repression at home and instability abroad, so the United States and its allies should seek to deter such collaboration wherever possible.

_____

Drawing appropriate conclusions from the above one can either acknowledge how the enemy is effectively treating the relationship between Iran and Russia as a threat to its hegemony, or echo the enemy's proclaimed agenda by downplaying the relevance and impact of Tehran-Moscow ties.

 

[Stryker1982]

Iran-Russia relations including in the strategic and military realm are at an all time high, with unprecedented acts of cooperation taking place as we speak. Possible supply of Sukhoi fighter jets to Iran will further underscore this state of affairs.

Likewise, ties between post-Soviet Moscow and Tel Aviv are at an all time low as we speak. Russia went as far as shutting down the local branch of the Jewish Agency, the main zionist organization supervizing Jewish migration to Occupied Palestine. There was speculation that Netanyahu's return might be followed by a renewed bilateral rapprochement with Russia at Iran's expense, but these attempts have failed resoundingly and Russia signaled it is not willing to distance itself from Iran in exchange for whatever offer the Netanyahu regime made.

So I fail to see what would warrant your skepticism and what attempts to cater to Isra"el" you mean. At the moment the opposite is the case since it's the zionists who are currently trying to cater to Russia but failing at it. Russia will side with NATO in case of a military aggression on Iran, you say? Nothing could be more disconnected from ground reality.

More generally speaking, the transition towards a multipolar system is perfectly inevitable and underway at a sustained and satisfactory pace even if the American propaganda would want is to believe otherwise.

There's nothing the empire can do to stop it, it's doomed and knows it. What they may try is to delay the process and that's very much it. Western-instigated domestic disturbances affecting Iran, Russia or China are anything but signs of irremediable NATO supremacy - on the contrary, they're reflecting the last throes of an empire on its way out, which in despair is throwing at its adversaries everything it can realistically muster. To no avail though, since none of these attempts at interference have achieved to jeopardize the ongoing emergence of alternate poles of power at the global stage.

Speaking of societal fissures moreover, it's not as if these were sparing the USA nowadays. Protests against Covid lockdowns in China were nothing compared to the intense polarization of American society. Conditions are gathered in this regard for the USA to be far more vulnerable than China and far closer to potential implosion.

As for the notion that emerging nations are oblivious to the need for cooperation against the common foe, it's not true. The absence of a NATO equivalent or of ostentatious but inessential professions of solidarity doesn't mean Iran, Russia and China intend to go it alone. What they need is to calibrate their moves according to the balance of power at any given moment in time. The commonly pursued goal is set and won't vacillate but rash decisionmaking is uncalled for. Right now engaging in all too open formalization of military alliance for instance wouldn't turn to the advantage of resisting powers since the enemy would take it as an escalation and react accordingly.

To offer a concrete example, China is perfectly aware that confrontation with the USA regime is inevitable. Beijing is neither deluding itself, nor reluctant nor fearful about this. From China's perspective however, making sure that the big clash occurs as tardily as possible by toning it down until that very moment, is a smart thing to do. Because with each passing year China happens to be catching up to the USA on every possible indicator. Every year, China's GDP is progressing in comparison to the USA. Every year, the Chinese navy is reducing the gap in firepower with the US navy. And so on. So the later they enter more serious conflicts, the more it will be the advantage of Beijing.

Time definitely isn't on the side of the empire. And fact is that the current level of cooperation between Russia, Iran and China is worrying them to the extreme. This is demonstrated by their policies and by how their "think tanks" are analyzing the situation. Below are the titles and opening paragraphs of two recent papers by the hawkish "Washington Institute for Near East Policy":

Making Iran’s Support for Russia More Costly​

by Henry Rome
Jan 5, 2023

To foster doubts about the wisdom of deepening the relationship, Washington should stoke longstanding Iranian skepticism toward Russia and work with Europe to sanction additional entities involved in the drone program.

_____

After Ukraine: Russia’s Potential Military and Nuclear Compensation to Iran​

by Louis Dugit-Gros, Anna Borshchevskaya, Michael Eisenstadt, Farzin Nadimi, Henry Rome
Jan 20, 2023

Despite the obstacles to expanded cooperation, Russian aid could help Tehran promote repression at home and instability abroad, so the United States and its allies should seek to deter such collaboration wherever possible.

_____

Drawing appropriate conclusions from the above one can either acknowledge how the enemy is effectively treating the relationship between Iran and Russia as a threat to its hegemony, or serve the enemy's proclaimed agenda by downplaying the relevance and impact of Tehran-Moscow ties.

Appreciate the post. I was more referring to the relationship of the last 10-15 years than the current environment.

 

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[Sineva]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1632773414489407490

 

[WudangMaster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1632773414489407490

They didn't have one already?

 

[aryobarzan]

They didn't have one already?

When you buy an aircraft you also buy simulators or you have to send your pilots to the country of origin multiple times. so Iran did have sims for F-14..but F-14s of Iran have gone through modernization programs and also the old sims probably had softwares written in "FORTRAN" or ADA. hard to patch!!....so I bet they are working right now on a Dynamic Sim for F-14.

These Sims costs are around $100 million for new aircraft types..so I wonder what is the plan for SU-35s..

 

[Sineva]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1632773414489407490

Theres also a video at this link:
https://cdn1.iranpress.com/uploads/video/2/2023/03/07/638137765893607975video.mp4

 

[Stryker1982]

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Theres also a video at this link:
https://cdn1.iranpress.com/uploads/video/2/2023/03/07/638137765893607975video.mp4

Any Avaiation geeks have any thoughts about this cockpit? This is not really an area I know much about.

 

[Sineva]

Any Avaiation geeks have any thoughts about this cockpit? This is not really an area I know much about.

Well,heres a picture of the actual F-14A pilots instrument panel.

At a glance the one in the simulator looks like a pretty accurate reproduction of the important parts of the actual pilots cockpit.

 

[OldTwilight]

Look like there won't be any su-35 for Iran

 

[Hack-Hook]

Look like there won't be any su-35 for Iran

Better

 

[Stryker1982]

Better

Look like there won't be any su-35 for Iran

Who said?