Iranian stealth jet is a pathetic hoax tht cant even fly
By ANDY SOLTIS
Last Updated: 5:58 AM, February 8, 2013
Posted: 1:38 AM, February 8, 2013
From the loony regime that just figured how to shoot a monkey into space: Iran now claims it has its own homemade, radar-beating stealth fighter jet.
But aviation and defense experts say the tiny one-seater looks like a toy and might not even be able to fly calling it a laughable fake.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the Qaher F313 at a Tehran hangar last week and called it one of the most advanced aircraft in the world.
But the experts said it was too small for a human pilot and the controls and wiring looked too simple for a real jet.
FLOP GUN: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iranian brass proudly unveil the Qaher F313 which US aviation experts dismiss as an embarrassing joke that doesnt even have bolts or rivets.
Ahmadinejad boasted it had almost all the positive features of the worlds most sophisticated jets. But among the features that seem to be missing are bolts and rivets found on the simplest planes.
It looks like the Iranians dumped some rudimentary flight controls and an ejection seat into a shell molded in what they thought were stealthy angles, reporter John Reed wrote in the journal Foreign Policy.
It looks like it might make a noise and vibrate if you put 20 cents in, joked Andrew Davies of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. I can see (almost) how North Korea gets away with transparent nonsense due to isolation, but Iran has a population thats much more switched on and connected, at least in the cities.
I guess a possible explanation is that it plays well in the provinces, where people arent as savvy.
Iran cant buy new jets or even spare parts for its air force much of it aging shah-era planes made in the US because of the Western embargo designed to deter Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad said the Qaher which means Conqueror carries a message of peace, friendship and brotherhood. Our military achievements do not pose a threat to anyone.
Last week, in another propaganda bid, Iran claimed it had sent a monkey 75 miles above the Earth in a suborbital flight that would pave the way for the Islamic Republics first manned flights into space.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/jad_that_not_gonna_fly_KDsQFz2eU4EdWOsiylHUwJ
By ANDY SOLTIS
Last Updated: 5:58 AM, February 8, 2013
Posted: 1:38 AM, February 8, 2013
From the loony regime that just figured how to shoot a monkey into space: Iran now claims it has its own homemade, radar-beating stealth fighter jet.
But aviation and defense experts say the tiny one-seater looks like a toy and might not even be able to fly calling it a laughable fake.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the Qaher F313 at a Tehran hangar last week and called it one of the most advanced aircraft in the world.
But the experts said it was too small for a human pilot and the controls and wiring looked too simple for a real jet.
FLOP GUN: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iranian brass proudly unveil the Qaher F313 which US aviation experts dismiss as an embarrassing joke that doesnt even have bolts or rivets.
Ahmadinejad boasted it had almost all the positive features of the worlds most sophisticated jets. But among the features that seem to be missing are bolts and rivets found on the simplest planes.
It looks like the Iranians dumped some rudimentary flight controls and an ejection seat into a shell molded in what they thought were stealthy angles, reporter John Reed wrote in the journal Foreign Policy.
It looks like it might make a noise and vibrate if you put 20 cents in, joked Andrew Davies of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. I can see (almost) how North Korea gets away with transparent nonsense due to isolation, but Iran has a population thats much more switched on and connected, at least in the cities.
I guess a possible explanation is that it plays well in the provinces, where people arent as savvy.
Iran cant buy new jets or even spare parts for its air force much of it aging shah-era planes made in the US because of the Western embargo designed to deter Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad said the Qaher which means Conqueror carries a message of peace, friendship and brotherhood. Our military achievements do not pose a threat to anyone.
Last week, in another propaganda bid, Iran claimed it had sent a monkey 75 miles above the Earth in a suborbital flight that would pave the way for the Islamic Republics first manned flights into space.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/jad_that_not_gonna_fly_KDsQFz2eU4EdWOsiylHUwJ
