Thursday, August 26, 2004

US Warplanes Enter Iranian Airspace

These are unconfirmed reports, of course. But the Persian Journal report seem pretty credible:
Five US warplanes entered Iran’s air space last Thursday night from the southwestern Shalamcheh border and flew over the city of Khorramshahr for a while, press reports said Tuesday.

According the Persian daily Seday-e Edalat, ‘the jet fighters which flew at high speed and altitude, then headed to the Arvand River’.

“They flew at a height of 10 kilometers and maneuvered over Khorramshahr for a while,” the paper said.

“While the objective behind the fighters’ violation of the Iranian air space is not known yet, some military specialists believe such moves are aimed at assessing the sensitivity of the Islamic Republic’s anti-aircraft defense system,” it added.
(hat tip: Alphabet City)