Iranian SAMs, Or a Bunch of Oil Drums Welded Together?

**River_Rat_459** · 04-23-2010, 15:25

What do you think? Check out the two pictures on this page and say what you think?

**ASignorelli** · 04-23-2010, 15:50

Since it's on a military Vehicle, I'm goin with SAMs

**Simmion_1** · 04-23-2010, 17:46

maybe not oil drums, but something equally as useless...

kind of reminds me of the ghost army of WW2..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lP1MIW-Hp8

i dont know why good it would do IRAN to pretend to have stuff they dont though, it would more likely prompt an attack that without the weapons they wont be able to defend against..

**saviger** · 04-23-2010, 17:57

Originally Posted by Simmion_1

maybe not oil drums, but something equally as useless...

kind of reminds me of the ghost army of WW2..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lP1MIW-Hp8

i dont know why good it would do IRAN to pretend to have stuff they dont though, it would more likely prompt an attack that without the weapons they wont be able to defend against..

wouldnt go that far, but I did hear on the news that Iran has given several surface attack missiles (Updated SCUDS) to the Hesbolah in Palastein. I think they are trying to intermediate Israel, basically if you attack us they will lob missiles over the border.

**Ragingclue** · 04-25-2010, 20:38

Propaganda is looked at as much more effective in areas of the world like that. Remember the press releases out of Iraq during the GW and OIF even though they were getting slaughtered?

**River_Rat_459** · 04-25-2010, 20:50

Originally Posted by Ragingclue

Propaganda is looked at as much more effective in areas of the world like that. Remember the press releases out of Iraq during the GW and OIF even though they were getting slaughtered?

Good point, and as Simmion noted there was the legend of the WW2 ghost army. Additionally, I recall reading a story once about how just before Hiroshima was bombed, the Japanese air defense guns were actually firing blanks, just to give the impression to the people that they were fighting on in the face of the enemy.

**saviger** · 04-26-2010, 17:05

Originally Posted by Ragingclue

Propaganda is looked at as much more effective in areas of the world like that. Remember the press releases out of Iraq during the GW and OIF even though they were getting slaughtered?

who could forget "Baghdad Bob"

**River_Rat_459** · 04-27-2010, 22:03

Originally Posted by saviger

wouldnt go that far, but I did hear on the news that Iran has given several surface attack missiles (Updated SCUDS) to the Hesbolah in Palastein. I think they are trying to intermediate Israel, basically if you attack us they will lob missiles over the border.

Funny you should mention that. Here's a report to the Senate Armed Services committee from the Defense Intelligence Agency (this is a publicly available document, BTW). Very interesting stuff.
http://armed-services.senate.gov/sta...2004-14-10.pdf