Iran reveals Stealth Fighter

[thatgtrguy]

BBC News - Qaher F313: Iran unveils 'stealth' fighter on state TV

Great. Just Great. Soon to be nuclear power also has stealth.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Though not the first nuclear power to have stealth capabilities by far

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Note: Just because Iran's military / Government SAY that they have something - does not mean that they HAVE something.

-J-

 

[Zoub]

If all they do is build something a little better than say a 1960's F-111 then they will have something to be worried about.

They are friends with the Russians.

The Russians got some of our F-111's in Vietnam and immediately built their own versions of it. They have had 45 years to improve on it.

Nothing stays proprietary forever, people are too easily corrupted or killed for it.

Luckily Iran only intends to use it for defensive purposes. Sadly they finally figured out a strong offense equals a great defense.

 

[T.Lex]

That may be a working prototype, but I seriously doubt its stealth characteristics. Iran overhypes all their military kit. It is probably based on the funky F-5 derivatives they've been coming up with.

The Wright Brother's plane had a small radar cross section, too....

 

[$mooth]

"The aircraft was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the 34th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, who said the aircraft demonstrates Iran’s will to “conquer scientific peaks” and was built for deterrence rather than expansionism."

Interesting. Ahmadinejad usually talks a bigger game; I usually don't see him talking about a deterrence rather than taking the offensive. He's sounding more like our Gov't.

Iran unveils homegrown Qaher F-313 "stealth" fighter

 

[IndyBeerman]

Note: Just because Iran's military / Government SAY that they have something - does not mean that they HAVE something.

-J-

This above^^^^^

You really think that Iran has the capability to produce a stealth fighter with the resources that they have.

China just built there "prototype and I doubt that it is very stealhy.

Now onto Iran's design.

Those forward wings are not a design concept that would lead itself to a radar evading design, it would create more of a radar signature in my opinion not less.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

If all they do is build something a little better than say a 1960's F-111 then they will have something to be worried about.

They are friends with the Russians.

The Russians got some of our F-111's in Vietnam and immediately built their own versions of it. They have had 45 years to improve on it.

Nothing stays proprietary forever, people are too easily corrupted or killed for it.

Luckily Iran only intends to use it for defensive purposes. Sadly they finally figured out a strong offense equals a great defense.

I know a feller who flew one of those all the way from England to Libya and back...

 

[$mooth]

This above^^^^^

You really think that Iran has the capability to produce a stealth fighter with the resources that they have.

China just built there "prototype and I doubt that it is very stealhy.

Now onto Iran's design.

Those forward wings are not a design concept that would lead itself to a radar evading design, it would create more of a radar signature in my opinion not less.

There are levels of stealth design. Stealth isn't a 1 or a 0. The big factors are reducing right angles and proper radar absorbent materials.

We had the F117 flying more than 30 years ago, it's fathomable that they can have something that is stealth. The Rafaele and Typhoon can both be considered stealth fighters and they have canards. Heck, the RAH-66 Comanche was considered a steath design and it was rotary wing.

 

[Zoub]

I know a feller who flew one of those all the way from England to Libya and back...

He can thank my Dad, he is one of the guys from Harvest Reaper and Combat Lancer who didn't die.

 

[bsnyder413]

i dont believe a word that comes out of iran. they faked the space monkey and are probably faking everything else.

 

[T.Lex]

I know a feller who flew one of those all the way from England to Libya and back...

**Note to self: google for Sam Kinison's bit on that Iran bombing. One of the funniest things ever.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Looks tiny...

Probably a scale demonstrator.

I wonder who they are using for engines.

 

[printcraft]

Iran's new Qaher-313 stealth fighter: No, it's not April fools day - The DEW Line

Found some armchair analysis here /\

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

...he is one of the guys from Harvest Reaper and Combat Lancer who didn't die.

Google has failed me... What the heck do those mean? Operation names?

 

[boozoo]

Judging from the lines and angles, I doubt it does much of anything to reduce a radar echo.

 

[LEaSH]

"Firefox starrrring Clint Eastwood" reference yet?

 

[capn willie]

Couldn't open the link for photo-
This is all I can find

 

[snapping turtle]

From a kinder gentler time.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m4gm7Qrpkg[/ame]

 

[BogWalker]

Compliments the bathtub they built... er, I mean submarine.