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[Miloch]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/21/iran-unveils-new-fighter-jet-with-washington-in-mind.html

Iran displayed a new fighter jet Tuesday, saying it comes with advanced avionics
and fire control systems and will enhance its deterrence capabilities in
confronting Washington.

The aircraft is dubbed Kowsar, which in Islamic meaning refers to a river in
paradise and is also the title of a chapter in the Muslim holy book, the Koran.

The Islamic Republic often announces military achievements that cannot be
independently verified.

The plane has been described as a fourth-generation fighter and is reportedly
“100 percent indigenously made.”

At the ceremony, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's defense program is aimed
at deterrence vis-a-vis the United States.

"The enemy should see how expensive an invasion of Iran would be," he said. "Why
does not the U.S wage a military attack on us? Because of our power."

The U.S. renewed its sanctions on Iran earlier this month after President Donald
Trump in May pulled America out of the nuclear deal between Iran and world
powers.

The report said Iran will also manufacture a single-seat version of the fighter
jet. It said the aircraft is capable of flying at an altitude of 45,000 feet and
with the speed of Mach 1.2. Mach 1 would be equal to the speed of sound.

The TV also broadcast footage it said showed the jet in flight.

Iran already has U.S.-made F-4, F-5 as well as F-14 fighter jets and also
Russian-made Sukhoi aircraft in service.




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[Byker]

"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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> The plane has been described as a fourth-generation fighter and is
> reportedly “100 percent indigenously made.�

Are all its raw materials also indigenous?

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On 21 Aug 2018 09:32:32 -0700, Miloch >
wrote:

>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/21/iran-unveils-new-fighter-jet-with-washington-in-mind.html
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>Iran displayed a new fighter jet Tuesday, saying it comes with advanced avionics
>and fire control systems and will enhance its deterrence capabilities in
>confronting Washington.

It's a Northrop F-5F, acquired by the Shah in the mid 1970s. If it is
indeed a new-build (doubtful), it is a simple copy. Major upgrades
include a fold-out cupholder for the back seat...

[Miloch]

In article >, not my real pseudonym
says...
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>On 21 Aug 2018 09:32:32 -0700, Miloch >
>wrote:
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>>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/21/iran-unveils-new-fighter-jet-with-washington-in-mind.html
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>>Iran displayed a new fighter jet Tuesday, saying it comes with advanced avionics
>>and fire control systems and will enhance its deterrence capabilities in
>>confronting Washington.
>
>It's a Northrop F-5F, acquired by the Shah in the mid 1970s. If it is
>indeed a new-build (doubtful), it is a simple copy. Major upgrades
>include a fold-out cupholder for the back seat...


Iran's New Fighter Jet Is a Copy of a U.S. Plane

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irans-new-fighter-jet-is-a-copy-of-a-us-plane/ar-BBMiiur?li=BBnb7Kz

Shortly after Iran unveiled what it claimed was its first domestically
manufactured fighter jet, military experts said the jet might be little more
than a re-purposed U.S. aircraft from the 1960s.

On Tuesday, Iran’s state-run media aired footage of the country’s President
Hassan Rouhani sitting in the fighter jet, dubbed the Kowsar, as it was first
presented to the public. Speaking to state television, Rouhani said the military
should be prepared with “discipline, faith, motivation, and weapons,” so that no
one would dare attack the country, CNN reported. The program claimed that
Iranian military experts had designed the fourth generation jet.

Military experts, however, quickly cast doubt on this assertion. At least one
military analyst took to Twitter and claimed that the Iranian model was based on
a U.S. prototype, tweeting photographs of the two aircraft side by side. Another
later told CNBC that the jet could be an upgrade of a model created originally
in the 1960s.

Iran chose to unveil its new fighter jet at a time when tensions are ratcheting
up between the country and several important adversaries, the U.S., Saudi
Arabia, and Israel. The U.S. recently abandoned a landmark diplomatic agreement
with the Iran that had agreed to lift international sanctions in exchange for
curbs on Iran’s nuclear program. Washington now says it will pressure its
European allies to stop doing business with the country immediately.




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