In article <u7bqnd15ulqbbmnssgo38cgrcnu8o0v22r@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
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>On 21 Aug 2018 09:32:32 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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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.
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>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.
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
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
European allies to stop doing business with the country immediately.
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