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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Iraqi military equipment and capability


A public relations video published on a web site dedicated to Iraqi special forces displays Iraqi military capabilities and equipment, notably M1A1-Abrams main battle tanks and Iraqi Air Force Cessna 208s purchased from the US.

The video also shows an F-16IQ Fighting Falcon, though 18 of these multi-role fighter aircraft were not slated to be delivered until "late 2014 or 2015," according to a US Air Force public affairs report in late 2011.

According to an analysis by Defense Industry Daily, "[r]ealistically, Iraq will not be able to enforce national air sovereignty before 2016 at the very earliest - and a number of analysts still believe it will be later than that."

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