Does This Illustrate The Superiority Of The F-35 Or The Inferiority Of The S-400 Anti-Aircraft System?

Kuwait Reports IAF Flew Over Iranian Nuclear Sites Undetected

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz March 30, 2018 , 8:11 am

“When you take the field against your enemies, and see horses and chariots—forces larger than yours—have no fear of them, for Hashem your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, is with you.” Deuteronomy 20:1 (The Israel Bible™)

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Illustrative: an artist’s impression of F-35 Lightning II Aircraft at 15,000 feet. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

Kuwaiti media reported on Thursday that over the past month, Israeli Air Force (IAF) Adir F-35 stealth fighters penetrated Iranian airspace twice without being detected by the cutting-edge Russian anti-aircraft systems.

Citing “an informed source”, Al-Jarida, an Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily newspaper, reported that the two IAF warplanes passed undetected over Syria and Iraq. If true, this would mean the US-built F-35  was not picked up by the S-400 anti-aircraft system installed at the Russian Khmeimim Air Base air base in Latakia, Syria. Jerusalem Post reported the F-35’s circled at high-altitude, targeting the Iranian cities Bandar Abbas, Esfahan, and Shiraz, all associated with Iran’s nuclear program.

The article in Al-Jarida also noted that the seven IAF F-35 fighters have already conducted several missions over Syria and on the Lebanese-Syrian border. It was also emphasized that new stealth fighters can fly from Israel to Iran twice without refueling.

This comes in the wake of the first direct hostile contact between Israel and Iran. Last month, an Israeli Apache helicopter shot down an Iranian drone that was launched from Syria. Israeli F-16’s struck 12 targets in Syria in response, including the Iranian base that launched the drone. One Israeli F-16 was shot down and the two pilots were injured. Several military and aviation websites have conjectured that F-35’s were used operationally for the first time by the IAF in these airstrikes inside Syria.

The news comes one week after the Israeli government admitted publicly for the first time that IAF F-16’s had destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981.

Read more at https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/105152/kuwait-reports-iaf-flew-over-iranian-nuclear-sites-undetected/#gw75SrWo5ARQH3eD.99

Ugh, China Sticking Its Nose Into The Middle East!

China and Iran's Historic Naval Exercise

China and Iran began a four-day naval exercise on Monday, focusing on anti-piracy and rescue operations.

By Ankit Panda

September 23, 2014

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For the first time ever, ships from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) docked at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Beijing’s sent two ships to Iran — a frigate and a missile destroyer — to participate in four days of joint naval exercises with the Iranian navy. The Changchun, a Type 052C Luyang II Chinese guided-missile destroyer and the Changzhou, a Type 054A Jiangkai II frigate, are in Iran for a “friendly visit.” The Changchun and Changzhou are PLAN ships that patrol the Gulf of Aden, securing shipping lanes in the piracy-prone region. The Iranian media marked China’s stop at the Iranian port as a reciprocal visit following an Iranian flotilla’s trip to the Chinese port of Zhangjiagang last year.

On Monday, Iranian naval commander Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari announced the start of planned naval exercises and wargames between the Chinese and Iranian navies. The exercise, codenamed “Velayat 3,” will take place in Iranian territorial waters and international waters off the southern coast of Iran. “The voyage of the Chinese Army’s fleet of warships for the first time in Persian Gulf waters is aimed at joint preparation of Iran and China for establishing peace, stability, tranquility, and multilateral and mutual cooperation,” notes Adm. Amir Hossein Azad, commander of Iran’s First Naval Zone.

“The presence of a Chinese navy flotilla in Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas is indicative of solidarity between the two nations and armies,” noted Governor General Jassem Jadari of Iran’s Hormuzgan province. He added that China’s interest in developing a closer naval relationship with Iran was motivated by the country’s strategic location and access to the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian sources, the exercises will focus primarily on anti-piracy and rescue operations. A report in Iran’s state-run Fars News highlighted an incident that took place in July this where the Iranian navy thwarted a pirate attack against a Chinese container ship.

PLAN fleet commander Rear Adm. Huang Xinjian stated that the visit and exercises were intended to “deepen mutual understanding, and to enhance exchanges between our two countries’ navies.” He added that he thought the visit would “encourage the constant advancement of friendly cooperation between our two countries’ navies.”

The exercises signal the Chinese navy’s intention to expand its ability to operate in far-flung waters. The PLAN has historically been a non-expeditionary force, focusing on patrolling China’s near waters. With China’s rise and increasing global profile, the Chinese navy is expanding its area of operation. The visit also marks a continued rapprochement between China and Iran.