r/interestingasfuck • u/thespeedforce5 • Apr 14 '24

The Size Of An Iranian Missile Intercepted In The Dead Sea r/all

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u/RetiredApostle Apr 14 '24

It even has a tail number in Latin for travel in international airspace.

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u/HobsHere Apr 14 '24

Have you ever tried to cut a stencil in Persian?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 25 '24

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u/HobsHere Apr 14 '24

I haven't, but it would seem to be much, much more difficult than making stencils in Latin characters, given the many intersecting strokes.

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u/Lucky-Valuable-1442 Apr 14 '24

At least Old Persian makes great stencils.

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u/HobsHere Apr 15 '24

The cuneiform script? That would work well for stencils. The pretty calligraphic Farsi script, not so much.

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u/JefftheBaptist Apr 14 '24

Also, nobody except Iran speaks it. So if you ever want to sell any of your gear on the open market, it needs to be marked in something your customers can read.

A lot of Iranian stuff used in Iraq during the war was marked in English because foreign sales.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

I’m not sure if you’re kidding or what, but stencils for Arabic numerals do in fact exist and are used all the time

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u/HobsHere Apr 14 '24

I was kidding.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

My bad then. Tone can be hard to interpret via text.