So, was this meant to impress the world? Or the Iranian public? Or maybe the Iranian President? Because it doesn't seem … terribly … impressive.
(Of course, it could be a fiendishly clever hoax to lull everyone into complacency. Seems unlikely, but …)
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I'd love to see them take a squadron or two of those up against our air force. I think they'd be unpleasantly surprised.
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World trembles in confusion and/or fear at Iran’s fiberglass airplane
To fight the “Great Satan”…
Iran recently took the wraps off its Qaher-313 “new super modern fighter plane,” seen here nose-on. The quality of the aircraft shown in these pictures is leading some observers to wonder if Iran is playing a joke on the rest of the world. This plane is almost certainly a mock-up, because if it’s not—well, look, I can only assume that the country employs at least one aerospace engineer, right? This has to be a joke, …
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Iran's leadership also thinks of itself as pretty high tech when it comes to using the clone tool in photoshop >.>.
Probably unrelated: here's another Potemkin in the same colors. (http://guilty-gear.wikia.com/wiki/Potemkin)
Looks like a piece of CRAP to me!