A perspective

"When I told Saddam that attacking Israel would be like the blind attacking the sighted, we were surrounded by all of the members of the general staff, and Gen. Amir Rashid Ubaidi, who was deputy air force commander for technology and engineering, leaned over to his colleague and whispered, 'Georges is going to be killed, now, right on the spot. His head will be separated from his body.' In any event, I told Saddam that the reason I had used that expression is because ISraeli aircraft have very advanced radar with the capability to see more than 125 miles in any direction. On the other hand, 75 percent of Iraqi aircraft were Russian-made, and the range of the radar on our fighters was only about fifteen miles. THis meant that the Israeli fighters could see our aircraft at least 110 miles before we would even know they were there. And thats not even the worst part. Their laser-guided missiles could lock on our fighters while they were still sixty-five miles away, and we'd have no idea that enemy fighters were anywhere around." - General Georges Sada