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By Micah Halpern
Sunday June 24, 2012 I've Been Thinking: Ahmadinejad is in Venezuela again. An official Venezuelan newspaper ran a story, timed for this visit of the Iranian leader, recalling that during his visit to Venezuela in 2006, the Venezuelans gave Iran an F-16 fighter jet. The obvious purpose in giving the plane was to allow Iran to calibrate their air defense systems. The United States and the Israelis use F-16s. The US and Israel are aware of this transfer and know that more than half of the original F-16s have been sold to other countries - all for the same reason. The upside it that the F-16 of 1983 barely resembles current F-16s and that Israel has gussied up their versions with their own electronics. If Iran is basing their air defense system on the level of 1983 F-16s, they have to make serous estimates about the current capabilities of the F-16. That is serious guesswork. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com 4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts
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