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The entire Iraqi government was in china for a 7 day official visit. they signed up officially for the "Belt and Road" . They also signed up many MoUs to increase bilateral trade and investments to $50Bn per year ($500Bn over 10 years). Within this context, Iraq and CATIC have begun negotiations for...

most of the iraqi government is in china today. China offers both investments and credits. Most of Iraq's oil facilities have major chinese investors and much of Iraqi oil goes to China. I wonder if the Chinese will offer some sort of package for Iraq for air defences. It not only has a monetary adv...

this is an interesting analysis from Russia about the failure of the Saudi Air Defence system https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3779210.html It is already known that when attacking the Saudi Aramco refinery, a total of 25 weapons were used: 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles. And almost all of them struck t...

tango. like i said, i wasn't "serious" about KN-15s (the international political fallout would be massive). what I did suggest is " It would be far cheaper if Iraq simply increased the number of cheap point defence systems for individual sites and bought some very high performance fighter intercepto...

of course my words about KN-15 were in jest. However we see the true value of expensive SAMs in today's Houthi attack on the Saudi De-sulphurisation facility! Tens of billions in missiles and radars etc... and 50% of their oil production was shut down by $20,000 worth of drones! in an earlier attack...

It wouldn't be the first monumental mistake that Iraq makes in strategic purchases. So I would not be surprised if they go out and spend $5-$7Bn on these SAMs. Yes, they would be useful to deter Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Syria and the Saudis. But against Israel or USA... completely worthless. I would be...

I've already made my view on the matter clear on the "S400 thread". A national air defence system for Iraq would be a monumental waste, now that we can see the tactics used by Israel to overcome them. An S400 system would cost you $5,000M... and the Israelis could overcome and destroy it with about ...

thanks again tango. more beautiful and rare shots!

an interesting new book in english written by an israeli officer. have a read here. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ow8oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT843&lpg=PT843&dq=iraqi+special+forces+israel+1973&source=bl&ots=i_7WUIvrwG&sig=ACfU3U1t7OFoUbp2OxnRQBcb8NyKyF-I-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitt5H6y7vjAhUTolwKHcfOBkY4...

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I found this interesting link with a series of Iraqi aircraft civil registrations...

it has a lot of exotics in there. many with no photos that I've seen.

http://www.brugier.com/textes/txt/yi-aaa.txt

one thing I would have done is maybe replace the 100mm gun with a 57mm S60 gun and achieve a higher rate of fire and carry more rounds. I would also have added a 40mm grenade launcher alongside the 12,7mm RWS. In addition, and genuinely useful, would have been the addition of two small UAVs with the...

I had read in the past about a mythical Piaggio P-166 in Iraqi colours. But this is the first I actually see a picture of one.

On a plinth outside the transport ministry in Baghdad.

yes. I would not call this an MBT. it does not have the armour, armament or manoeuvrability of a modern mbt. as a cheap infantry fire support vehicle it should be ok. the small CCTV cameras, remote weapons station, night sight and bit of additional armour are useful. If they did indeed add an auto t...

we can see that unlike the claims of the makers. the ERA armour looks like a fake mockup There is only one sight and its fixed The claim about 360 degree vision seems to be the installation of 4 webcams around the hull. the bustle idea is useful. but is it a real functional bustle or just an externa...