"Hobo" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Nick Pedley" wrote:

If you knew the answer, why did you ask the question?

I didn't ask the question you attempted to answer. I asked Tarver how
building replica Phoenixs would allow the Iranians to overcome sabotage
to the F-14's electronics, a worthwhile question which seemed to outwit
you.

As Tarver pointed out, they have the skills to build their own Phoenix
missiles. It therefore follows that if they can do that, they can probably
design and build their own circuit boards to allow firing of said missiles.
You seem to have missed the point he was trying to make.
Besides, as other more informed people have pointed out, the sabotage story
looks to be false.

Your question was:
".....I have always read that after the Shah fell US civilian technicians
altered the F-14s they were servicing so that they could never fire the
Phoenix. If the Iranians *did* use the Phoenix, how did they overcome the
sabotage?"

My answer was
"...it's solved by working out what those circuit boards did and making
replacements."

Admittedly not the most direct way of answering your question, but an answer
nonetheless.

Nick