Monday, 22 June 2009

June 21, 2009   

Iran preparing to attack Israel?

Iran has announced that it will begin an extensive exercise in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman to improve its air force's operational capabilities.
The Iranian air force will begin an extensive exercise Monday in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman in order to raise "its operational and support capability," the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

"In this maneuver there will be long-distance flights of around 3,600 km along with aerial refueling from tanker to fighter jet and from fighter jet to fighter jet," Reuters quoted IRNA as saying.

The exercise will also reportedly include Iranian jets flying at low altitudes over the waters of the Gulf to a distance of 700 kilometers.
If the idea of an air force flying 'around 3600 km' with refueling sounds familiar, 

it should. That's about the round trip distance from Iran to Israel if you can't fly over Iraq.

Hmmm.

What could go wrong?