Nick Lidster wrote:
> Irans standing power is 912,569 (2004 est.) mixture of all branches,
> including law enforcement. 3000 troops sure isn't a large force, but lets
> not forget that they have an air force as well;
>
> mig 29 34
>
> su 24 86
>
> f-14 247
>
> f-7 287
>
> f-4 472
>
> f-5 197
>
> rf 4e 32
>
> total 1355
>
> granted most are old a large amount is current production local variants of
> current and old designs. and all are loacted within strinking distance of
> iraq. they have a armoured force of between 650-1000 armour units (ranges
> depending on location of info) most are russian T-54 - T-72's with a mix of
> almost every nations hardware filling out the numbers.
Source? I'm wondering how current it is, among other things.
Julia
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