Iranian Students Set to Start at U.S. Universities Are Barred From Country

[KMack]

Probably the kids of the mullahs. Theyre doing it canada and london too

Probably the only ones who can afford, or their inner circle. Iranians were the first foreigners who came to Americans universities in large numbers in the 70's. Then Indians, Chinese, some Saudis also.

[lameduck]

Another thing I have noted is that Iranian and Indians get lot of top admits specially guys from sharif and IIT. I think there is strong emphasis on devlloping math skills among academic conscious iranian and indian middle class.

[Oghuz]

in the past things like "jazba"/"Jihad"/"bravery" do had some value since technological gap between opponents wasnt too big. In recent Pakistan-India air skirmish people were talking about if Pakistan used F-16 or not. One of Pakistan foremost intellectual Dr pervez Hoodbhoy wrote this artical.

"That age of grudging admiration for the enemy’s valour ultimately closed as warfare became increasingly depersonalised. Eye-to-eye air combat is unimaginable today! In today’s jargon, fighter aircraft are designed to primarily engage in BVR (Beyond Visual Range) mode. In fact, all reasonably advanced fighters — US, Russian, Chinese, or French — can detect an enemy using BVR Doppler radar and then deploy air-to-air missiles from as far as 50-100 km. This means having the supporting infrastructure of radars, data-links, self-defence jammers, and helmet-mounted sights.

Once a missile’s radar locks onto its target, the options for that unfortunate pilot are only a few. He could try a fast climb and hope to exhaust the missile’s kinetic energy, or turn tightly and risk high G’s with subsequent blackout. But the more capable a missile, the smaller his chances of survival.

Fifth generation aircraft — such as the F-35 stealth fighter — have tilted an already tilted playing field much further. In Atlantic war exercises these fighters have been repeatedly tested against the kind of third- and fourth-generation fighters like those currently in the Pakistani and Indian air fleets. While kill ratios are secret, they are sometimes leaked. Assuming the leaks are correct, in some hypothetical war just two squadrons of American F-35s could knock down the combined might of the PAF and IAF fleets fighting together for the loss of just one F-35 — or perhaps none."

Both Pakistan and to some extent India are behind Iran in Air defence, Missile development and UCAV's.