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Started by nev, July 14, 2003, 11:49:07 PM

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nev

July 14, 2003, 11:49:07 PM
Wonder what Ves will think of that commie Tomcat?
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Ollie

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July 14, 2003, 10:47:00 AM
Captured aircrafts!

Look at the Yak-9 in RAF markings, gorgeous!!!

[a href=\"http://capturedplanes.tripod.com/\" target=\"_blank\"]Captured Aircrafts[/a]

:dr  :dr

lancer

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July 15, 2003, 01:20:36 PM
Great site. The FW190 looked very sweet.
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Joe C-P

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August 15, 2003, 03:41:19 PM
QuoteWonder what Ves will think of that commie Tomcat?
If someone builds one, it might find its way onto a certain carrier deck...  ;)

At least of those I have plenty!  :P  
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Captain Canada

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August 15, 2003, 07:08:42 PM
Now that's something I'd never thought of....Soviets lending out deck space so Iranian Tomcats can dish out some paybacks....

Hmmm............

Cheers JoeP !
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nev

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August 15, 2003, 11:48:18 PM
Its an interesting WW3 scenario...
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Nick

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August 16, 2003, 12:47:26 AM
IIRC, Iran had a plan to buy an ex-Soviet Carrier to boost their seapower, especially with India next door and the want to block the Persian Gulf at will. Unsurprisingly the deal got blocked by certain other countries... ;)

Nick  B)  

Joe C-P

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August 16, 2003, 03:57:19 PM
QuoteIIRC, Iran had a plan to buy an ex-Soviet Carrier to boost their seapower, especially with India next door and the want to block the Persian Gulf at will. Unsurprisingly the deal got blocked by certain other countries... ;)

Nick  B)
Which, Varyag or one of the Kievs? If the latter, it wouldn't have helped much; they were a great example of how _not_ to build a carrier. If Varyag, I'm certain she'd have had a US/RN SSN "escort" any time she was out of port. And carriers are _expensive_ and manpower intensive to run.
The Persian Gulf isn't that big; having a carrier wouldn't have added anything to the Iranian Navy's ability to block the Gulf.

Now China, on the other hand, with Varyag has a viable and useful asset. Money and manpower are not a problem, and China has seen what advantages a big carrier brings.

As for Sovietsky Soyuz, I have said that Warsaw Pact _and_other_ allies and "friends" are welcome to provide aircraft for the group aboard. I wouldn't be surprised to see a French aircraft pay a courtesy visit... Up the Motherland!
B)  
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Captain Canada

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August 17, 2003, 04:30:36 PM
In my scenerio....you know the one, where Canada takes over the world...you'll see CDN a/c and perhaps most of the Commonwealth as well as possibly China on Roosky carriers !


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