james_bond_007
19.12.05, 09:26
Faktem jest,że w roku 2000 media donosiły o zamówieniu przez Iran 24 MiGów-31.
Potem nikt ich nie widział więc uznano,że umowa została anulowana.
Czy to możliwe aby w dobie wszechwidzących satelitów Iranowi udało się ukryć
odbiór i eksploatację tych samolotów? Oj byłaby olbrzymia niespodzianka dla
atakujących Iran samolotów IAF albo USAF...
UAE Pilot Spotted an IRIAF MIG-31
December 18 2005
There have been sporadic reports about Mig31 presence over Iran. The most
recent report which was provided by UAE Air Force officials told the story of
one of their pilots who could spot a fast flying Iranian fighter close to the
Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf. The UAE pilot could clearly see the
Iranian fighter flying in parallel and after a short period turning deeply
into the Iranian airspace. The pilot who was on a routine surveillance and
photography mission could not take any pictures of the fighter but he was
almost sure it was a Mig31 and not a F-14, Su27 or Mig 29 which normally
appear in the Iranian sky.
Israeli defense analysts have long tried to find out about the current
capabilities of the Iranian Air Force and has therefore installed highly
sensitive radars in the Iraqi Kurdistan close to Iran in order to better
study the Iranian radar grids after the failed US unmanned flights into Iran
which had the purpose to provoke the Iranians to turn on their radars in
order for Americans to study the Iranian radar grids. However the Iranians
never turned on their radars and in some rare cases they only turned on fixed
radar batteries on a point wise fashion(one at a time) in order to just track
the intruder's path without giving any information about the networked air
defense system.
Once the presence of Israeli experts and equipments inside Iraqi Kurdistan
was confirmed in September the Iranians continue to keep their ground radar
systems off, but instead increased their aerial presence in order to ensure
the enemy understands the Iranian air defense system is not purely relying on
its ground network. The Iranian F-14s were flying 2-3 times the normal rate
at high altitudes inside Iran close to the Western and South-Western border.
This was combined by high level of activities of low flying Iranian F-4s and
F-5s ensuring visual contact with any low flying object entering Iranian
airspace. As the Israelis and Americans were collecting data on Iranian radar
capabilities, during a night in October, they could, for up to 15 minutes,
spot four high flying objects close to the Iranian Western border with their
radars on. The surprising fact was that the airplanes were present at an even
distance of 200 km from each other and covering an amazing area of 900
kilometers from Northwest to the Southwest border of Iran by hooking up their
radars. The experts were shocked by this exercise which obviously and
purposefully sent out a message to the other side ensuring the attackers
understand the Iranian aerial radar capabilities could during a high-alert
situation become active in minutes and cover a large area.
Later on the experts were confused on how the Iranians could achieve such a
degree of aerial radar capabilities as their current stock of fighters did
not have any such capability. As they continued to look for an answer they
could all agree on the fact that the non-confirmed Mig31 must be present in
the Iranian Air Force's inventory as that would be the only potential
aircraft in Iran capable of hooking its radar and covering such a vast area.