Iran unveils 'domestically-built fighter jet'

Iran unveils 'domestically-built fighter jet'

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Z06George

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Saturday 2nd February 2013
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/2...

The article says it's from today, but isn't this old news? Also aren't these essentially modified F-5s? The claim it can also "evade radar" and is similar to an F/A-18 seems a little skeptical. Anyone know much more on them?

Z06George

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Saturday 2nd February 2013
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Well that looks a bit more serious.

Z06George

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Saturday 2nd February 2013
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As bad as it is, at least for once they have tried a bit at designing something something slightly different despite the F-22/F-35 references. There's a link at the bottom of that article to Iran's "new" attack helicopter, which by the looks of it is just an old Cobra.
http://theaviationist.com/2013/01/02/toufan-2/

Z06George

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Sunday 3rd February 2013
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So am I right in thinking the best actual fighter Iran has is the F-14?