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Iran Starts Production Of Stealth Fighter Jets
Fars News Agency ^ | July 16, 2008

Posted on 07/18/2008 7:11:19 AM PDT by Fennie

TEHRAN (FNA) - Iran's Air Force chief announced that the Islamic Republic has successfully launched the production line of radar-evading "stealth" fighter jets.

Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani was quoted by press tv as saying Tuesday that the new jets would significantly enhance the Air Force's combat and defensive capabilities.

Iran has recently started manufacturing superior "Quick Reaction" tanks to increase its defense self-sufficiency.

Iran has also developed an electro-optical surveillance system that acts as a viable alternative when radars fail to cover a particular range.

"We have upgraded our air force fleet, radar-systems, and missile systems over the past few years and we are now ready to counter any threat," Brig. Gen. Mighani continued.

He added that the Iranian Air Force would prove its dominance by immediately crushing anyone who dares to try and penetrate Iran's airspace.

Washington and Tel Aviv accuse Tehran of pursuing a military nuclear program and threaten Iran with the use of military force if the Islamic Republic continues with its nuclear enrichment program...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; armsbuildup; congress; energy; geopolitics; globaljihad; iran; iraq; israel; middleeast; oil; proliferation; wot
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1 posted on 07/18/2008 7:11:20 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

SURE they have....


2 posted on 07/18/2008 7:12:15 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Fennie
Early photos from test facility...


3 posted on 07/18/2008 7:14:28 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: Fennie

ibtfcp


4 posted on 07/18/2008 7:14:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

It’s Baghdad Bob! Didn’t know he went over to Iran.


5 posted on 07/18/2008 7:14:44 AM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: Fennie

Tehran Tom: “We are destroying the enemy as we speak, with our squadrons of stealth fighters...there they are, flying overhead now!”


6 posted on 07/18/2008 7:15:04 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Fennie

So stealthy that it doesn’t exist. These jokers should be doing stand up comedy.


7 posted on 07/18/2008 7:15:30 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Fennie
It's true. I took this picture of the plane.

Photobucket
8 posted on 07/18/2008 7:15:58 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running. FREE LAZAMATAZ)
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To: Fennie

HA HA HA HA.....


9 posted on 07/18/2008 7:16:43 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: Fennie
Psssttt.....It's behind the trees....


10 posted on 07/18/2008 7:19:11 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: Fennie

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ... {deep intake of breath}...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...

*whew* I think I’m done now... wait... nope... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...


11 posted on 07/18/2008 7:19:17 AM PDT by pgyanke ("Huntered"--The act of being ignored by media and party to prevent name recognition)
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To: Fennie; GOPyouth

Is this today’s PhotoShop Fun Thread of the day?


12 posted on 07/18/2008 7:21:17 AM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: Fennie

Uh - sure you have Ahmad. (Patting Gen Mighani on head condesendingly.)


13 posted on 07/18/2008 7:22:20 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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To: Fennie
Unfortunately, they can only use stealth bombs, which are lighter than air and tend to pop when touched by something sharp.


14 posted on 07/18/2008 7:22:49 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I zot, therefore I am.)
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To: Fennie

All hat and no planes.

15 posted on 07/18/2008 7:23:59 AM PDT by shove_it (and have a nice day)
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To: Fennie

OOPS spelling error, it be called FARCE news agency instead of FARS


16 posted on 07/18/2008 7:24:20 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: Fennie

So stealthy we will never see one


17 posted on 07/18/2008 7:26:48 AM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Fennie
It is especially hot today. LOTS of hot air outside.

The wind is blowing from the east.

Coincidence? I think not.

18 posted on 07/18/2008 7:26:48 AM PDT by Allegra (Ain't it grand? I'm back in the sand...)
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To: Walkingfeather

SpellCheck is forbidden in Islam. Only the Quran, and Muslims, are perfect.


19 posted on 07/18/2008 7:26:56 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Fennie

AmmaNutJob’s Flying Flea Circus


20 posted on 07/18/2008 7:27:29 AM PDT by whatexit
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To: Fennie

Good. Got the GPS coordinates of this production line?


21 posted on 07/18/2008 7:29:22 AM PDT by McGruff (Either way. We're screwed.)
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To: Fennie
I assume this is it. Something about it just doesn't look stealthy to me. You can judge for yourself.

01/05/08

Iran plans 4th, 5th generations of Sa'eqe fighter jets

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA - Commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic Army Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani said in Tehran Saturday that the Iranian army is to produce the fourth and fifth generations of Saeqe jet fighters which cannot be discovered by radar.


22 posted on 07/18/2008 7:30:04 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Fennie
Actually, it is quite stealthy.

Infidel Version

Good Old Muslim Version


23 posted on 07/18/2008 7:30:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: Fennie

AAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...........Oh the tears are streaking down my face I am laughing so hard......


24 posted on 07/18/2008 7:30:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Fennie

Do they or don’t they? You can be sure the Moosad knows. The real secret is that they built a plane using Saran Wrap.


25 posted on 07/18/2008 7:31:56 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (If everyone stays home and no one votes will Congress disappear?)
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To: Fennie

How can anyone take these nutjobs seriesly. I mean really.


26 posted on 07/18/2008 7:33:22 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: Fennie

Iran has recently started manufacturing superior “Quick Reaction” tanks. ...................... Soon to be “De-action Tanks”.


27 posted on 07/18/2008 7:33:29 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (If everyone stays home and no one votes will Congress disappear?)
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To: Fennie
Photo:
28 posted on 07/18/2008 7:34:12 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: InterceptPoint
It's a derivative of the old 1970s vintage Northrop F-5!

Hardly stealthy!

29 posted on 07/18/2008 7:34:40 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Fennie
Invisible to radar, not much of a weapons load capacity though.


30 posted on 07/18/2008 7:38:50 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: Bringbackthedraft

They are fiting T72 tank turrets and gun to M60 tanks.
And replacing the engine with a better one.

They got the idea from the M60-120S program where an M1 Turret and gun is fitted to an M60 plus the engine and suspension are replaced...


31 posted on 07/18/2008 7:42:03 AM PDT by DJ Elliott
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

“Hardly stealthy! “

It’s what they had to tell the pilots, in order to get them convinced to confront the IDF and USAF.

What are ‘Quick reaction’ tanks?

Is it a little tank beside the pilot, with a tube going to his mouth, that injects a big puff of crystal meth into ‘his’ airstream?


32 posted on 07/18/2008 7:43:04 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Malone LaVeigh

The RB propulsion unit on your example appears to be stealth too.


33 posted on 07/18/2008 7:43:07 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom and individual liberty is for everyone, including the odd and weird people like you.)
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To: Fennie
I heard they stole Wonder Woman's ride:


34 posted on 07/18/2008 7:43:20 AM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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To: Fennie

35 posted on 07/18/2008 7:44:59 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Bringbackthedraft

“Iran has recently started manufacturing superior “Quick Reaction” tanks.”

I get it now. They mean ‘afterburners’.


36 posted on 07/18/2008 7:46:30 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Fennie
<["Iran has also developed an electro-optical surveillance system that acts as a viable alternative when radars fail to cover a particular range."]

That little exersize in Syria last year REALY pissed them off. Ditto the Russkies.

37 posted on 07/18/2008 7:46:46 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: InterceptPoint

That bird looks like it will have a radar signature like a blazing oil-well fire at mid-night.


38 posted on 07/18/2008 7:46:56 AM PDT by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
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To: Fennie

Ah, Friday’s funny post!


39 posted on 07/18/2008 7:47:36 AM PDT by ryan71 (Typical bitter white gun toter)
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To: Fennie

Something like this:

http://i6.tinypic.com/8b940pk.jpg


40 posted on 07/18/2008 7:47:43 AM PDT by moose2004 (Go Ahead, Make My Day)
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To: Fennie

Oh my gad, they have really proved they are off their rocker...


41 posted on 07/18/2008 7:48:05 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: Fennie

Blindfolding the pilots does not make the airplane ‘stealthy’.


42 posted on 07/18/2008 7:48:05 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: ejonesie22

LOL!


43 posted on 07/18/2008 7:48:46 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: Fennie

All muslim countries talk sh*t and get beatdown badly. That is an F-5 and it sucks compared to what we have in the air. They will be deadmeat as soon as they become hostile.


44 posted on 07/18/2008 7:49:02 AM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Coffee200am
I hear their new fighters with underground maneuvering capability are pretty formidable too.


45 posted on 07/18/2008 7:54:31 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: ejonesie22
Great picture.
46 posted on 07/18/2008 7:56:26 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (G-d gave us Law a fool could follow, but a genius couldn't comprehend)
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To: Fennie
Where oh where would they ever get the money?

We used to laugh at the Japanese too, while selling them the materials to attack us.

Then there is that stupid backward poor country, Pakistan.
Have a good day, just remember we have financed our enemies for decades.

47 posted on 07/18/2008 8:03:46 AM PDT by itsahoot (We will have world government. The only question is whether by conquest or consent.)
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To: Fennie

It may be this, but when this sketch and a photo of it flying came out, their were comments from I think Bill Sweetman ( One of the 1st to write about our stealth program) about it.

These comments noted the air intake over the LEX which would preclude any air induction at high alpha's unless it is vortex air, which might not be good, and make your compressor go bang. Note the fins below the rear fuselage, good for V tails which this is given there is no horizontal tail surface.

I can't help but wonder if it is for real it flies like crap, and no I am not an Aerodynamics guy other than an amateur one, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, and my gut feel tells me it's a kludge.

I can't find the photo of it flying but it is out their, and that is of course if that photo wasn't a photoshop.

48 posted on 07/18/2008 8:04:42 AM PDT by taildragger (The Answer is Fred Thompson, I do not care what the question is.....)
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To: Fennie

I’ve always wondered who were all the recipients of the technology of the F117a we lost over Kosovo.


49 posted on 07/18/2008 8:15:58 AM PDT by Lx ((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
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To: shove_it

Should we tell these douches their beards are the anti-thesis of discipline and elicit howls of derision from our troops when they see you clowns looking all spiffy otherwise. All spiffy with that stoopid Mo betta beard. What’s you hiding, a flabby falafel double chin? That’s what I thought.


50 posted on 07/18/2008 8:19:03 AM PDT by kinghorse
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