Final Word on Syrian/Iranian A/C

"Tom Cooper" wrote in message ...
David,

I do not consider any of Jane's publications as authoritative on the topic
of Iran: they are full of terrible mistakes, and most of their (and most of
those published elsewhere) articles and publications to the topic of Iran -
actually all of them - are completely wrong.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585

Well, I don't see a "Tom Cooper's All the World's Aircraft 2003/2004"
edition anywhere. I'd like to know what your credentials are to make
such assertations?

A co-author of two books on Iranian a/c doesn't mean **** compared to
Jane's excellent reputation as the world's authority on aircraft.

Until you can prove otherwise, your comments make you sound like the
Al Gore of RAM.

BGX

"David Joston" wrote in message
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"Tom Cooper" wrote in message
...
David,

I do not consider any of Jane's publications as authoritative on the
topic
of Iran: they are full of terrible mistakes, and most of their (and most
of
those published elsewhere) articles and publications to the topic of
Iran -
actually all of them - are completely wrong.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585

Well, I don't see a "Tom Cooper's All the World's Aircraft 2003/2004"
edition anywhere. I'd like to know what your credentials are to make
such assertations?

Once Janes published the Copp kook troll e-bomb nonsense from ram, they lost
any credibility they may have ever had.

On 13 Oct 2003 10:04:48 -0700, David Joston wrote:

A co-author of two books on Iranian a/c doesn't mean **** compared to
Jane's excellent reputation as the world's authority on aircraft.

Do Jane's have an excellent reputation? My understanding is they
used to, but do they still?

--
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people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
(My real email address would be if you added 275
to it and reversed the last two letters).

"phil hunt" wrote in message
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On 13 Oct 2003 10:04:48 -0700, David Joston
wrote:

A co-author of two books on Iranian a/c doesn't mean **** compared to
Jane's excellent reputation as the world's authority on aircraft.

Do Jane's have an excellent reputation? My understanding is they
used to, but do they still?

I say Janes not knowing what EMP is puts them asleeep at the wheel for 40
years.

In message , phil hunt
writes
On 13 Oct 2003 10:04:48 -0700, David Joston wrote:

A co-author of two books on Iranian a/c doesn't mean **** compared to
Jane's excellent reputation as the world's authority on aircraft.

Do Jane's have an excellent reputation? My understanding is they
used to, but do they still?

They're okay but not to be taken as Gospel.

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

"David Joston" wrote in message
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"Tom Cooper" wrote in message
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David,

I do not consider any of Jane's publications as authoritative on the
topic
of Iran: they are full of terrible mistakes, and most of their (and most
of
those published elsewhere) articles and publications to the topic of
Iran -
actually all of them - are completely wrong.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585

Well, I don't see a "Tom Cooper's All the World's Aircraft 2003/2004"
edition anywhere. I'd like to know what your credentials are to make
such assertations?

Isn't your post and this question actually self-explaining?

A co-author of two books on Iranian a/c doesn't mean **** compared to
Jane's excellent reputation as the world's authority on aircraft.

OK. Then there were Su-25s in Iranian service already in 2001. Can you,
based on your holly Jane's, mention even one serial or tell us which unit
operates them and where are they stationed?

Oh, and, BTW, and what are your credentials?

Until you can prove otherwise, your comments make you sound like the
Al Gore of RAM.

Well, you do sound like Woody Allen already now.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585