IRAQ MAY HAVE A STEALTH-DETECTING RADAR SYSTEM
Several years ago, Ukraine may have tried to sell Iraq the same type of radar that enabled the Yugoslavs to knock down a stealth fighter in 1999. Saddam may also have formed an alliance with Slobodan Milosevich, whose claim to fame is killing Muslims by the truckload, before the latter's downfall. Strange bedfellows. The Czechs are also implicated in upgrading Saddam's air defenses against our aircraft. Both the Czech Republic and Ukraine are members of the coalition of the willing, though in fairness the stealth radar sales, if they happened, were about three years ago. And who knows how good these anti-stealth systems are anyway. The Yugoslavs may have just gotten lucky--they never did down another Nighthawk.So far, I haven't seen any evidence that Saddam's radar upgrades are paying off.