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Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber

World Aug. 22, 2010 - 07:00PM JST ( 27 )

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MadvertsAug. 22, 2010 - 07:39PM JST

Gee whizz mahmood, you're not reassuring anyone other than a few token nutters on the left announcing this they day after fuelling the Bushehr "peacefull" nuke plant!
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SargeAug. 22, 2010 - 08:25PM JST

"ambassador of death"

This is a great name for a bomber aircraft!
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MistWizardAug. 22, 2010 - 08:42PM JST

Wonderful. Now the Iranians join in on the cowardly game of unmanned weapons.

It is a sad state of affairs that there are no effective defensive machinery that does not double as offensive.
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theproAug. 22, 2010 - 09:05PM JST

Come on Israel, take them out already
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LIBERTASAug. 22, 2010 - 09:10PM JST

The astute leaders of Iran, following the examples of N. Korea, India and Pakistan, have learned a wonderful lesson, for which Iraq paid the tuition: Those who don't stand up to bullies get pushed around. Having adequate defence capabilities against a regime like the ones which successively occupy Washington DC and Tel Aviv is a necessity these days.
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borschtAug. 22, 2010 - 09:35PM JST

Sarge,

Better than the 'Peacekeeper' but just as good as 'Predator.'
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LagunaAug. 22, 2010 - 10:18PM JST

My guess is that this messenger of peace will not last long in the air. Just another blip on the AWACS screen.
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SuperLibAug. 22, 2010 - 11:17PM JST

So I guess a suicide bomber just lost his job to a machine. Eh, the Modern Age....
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Samurai1984Aug. 22, 2010 - 11:44PM JST

what message of peace and friendship can it have, if it is an ambassador of death? The Iranian Leader needs to grow up being a state representative. Saying one thing and contradicting it.

No weapon, whether maned or unmanned can have a message of peace.
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BeelzebubAug. 23, 2010 - 12:08AM JST

Americans were humiliated by 9/11 and looked around for someone to kick. That was the real reason for the Iraq War -- not WMDs and certainly not replacing a tyrant with democracy. Fighting two wars simultaneously has bled the country white economically (a tax cut in wartime is sheer folly) and even West Point graduates are not reenlisting. If there's a silver lining, at least the combat experience Yanks are getting now will come in handy to provide savvy, battlefield-tested NCOs for the next war.
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MadvertsAug. 23, 2010 - 12:15AM JST

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/08/22/iran.drone.unveiled/index.html?hpt=T1#fbid=4Mvhj7OYc0A&wom=false

There's a picture of it here. Looks like something from the cold war. Don't countries normally inaugurate their wares by actually giving live demonstrations?
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MistWizardAug. 23, 2010 - 12:59AM JST

borscht said: Better than the 'Peacekeeper' but just as good as 'Predator.'

Nah. Better names for unmanned weapons would be "yellow streak" or "Robert Ford". Or they could try "the back-stabber" or the "chicken-heart". Use of these things is just embarrassing for a civilian of a country using them. The pretty names do not reflect the reality.
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SuperLibAug. 23, 2010 - 01:25AM JST

Beelzebub: Americans were humiliated by 9/11 and looked around for someone to kick. That was the real reason for the Iraq War -- not WMDs and certainly not replacing a tyrant with democracy. Fighting two wars simultaneously has bled the country white economically (a tax cut in wartime is sheer folly) and even West Point graduates are not reenlisting. If there's a silver lining, at least the combat experience Yanks are getting now will come in handy to provide savvy, battlefield-tested NCOs for the next war.

OK.
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HonestDictatorAug. 23, 2010 - 01:56AM JST

Nothing that a well aimed EMP weapon couldn't take care of.
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MadvertsAug. 23, 2010 - 02:16AM JST

I bet that thing doesn't even fly. Even the North Korean's must be laughing.
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graftonAug. 23, 2010 - 03:20AM JST

“The scope of Iran’s reaction will include the entire the earth,” said Ahmadinejad. “We also tell you—the West _ that all options are on the table.”

For me that translates as we will use terrorism all over the world if we are attacked.

LIBERTAS at 09:10 PM JST - 22nd August

I am by no means a supporter of American foreign policy or wars if you want to give them their more simplistic name, but you lost all credibility with the opening line “The astute leaders of Iran”. Even you must have smiled when you wrote that.
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RichardPearceAug. 23, 2010 - 03:58AM JST

It is a little amusing to see the contempt expressed towards the engineering and scientific capabilities of a country that's scientific output is greater than many EU countries, and is space capable.

I'm old enough to remember the days when an announcement of any sort of advance out of Japan would have been greeted with the same scorn.
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WeaselAug. 23, 2010 - 06:22AM JST

Seems like a bit of a waste in both cost and technology. You could do all of what the drone does with the existing supply of cruise missiles in stock by slightly enhancing the guidance section, add an extended range booster, and maybe enhancing the warhead - for less than what costs to development and fly this drone. Nothing but saber rattling.
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TriumvereAug. 23, 2010 - 07:12AM JST

"The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship,”

Yes, I can already feel the love.
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adaydreamAug. 23, 2010 - 11:12AM JST

Do you remember when the Pentagon unveiled their unmanned bombers? Man, the Pentagon was all over every channel and all over the world. All the leaders and generals were just ecstatic. This is no different. < :-)
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WilliBAug. 23, 2010 - 01:07PM JST

A bombing drone with a range to reach Israel. The natural complement to Irans peaceful nuclear programme. Where is the surprise?
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RichardPearceAug. 24, 2010 - 10:34AM JST

Starviking, sorry, but there are a lot who are making that sort of comments on other sites due to nothing but contempt (and, it looks like, a few here)