{"id":32439,"date":"2013-02-05T11:48:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/the-potemkin-fighter-from-iran.html"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T18:48:04","slug":"the-potemkin-fighter-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/the-potemkin-fighter-from-iran.html","title":{"rendered":"The Potemkin Fighter from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, was this meant to impress the world? Or the Iranian public? Or maybe the Iranian President? \u00a0Because it doesn't seem … terribly … impressive.<\/p>\n

(Of course, it could be a fiendishly clever hoax to lull everyone into complacency. Seems unlikely, but …)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorld trembles in confusion and\/or fear at Iran\u2019s fiberglass airplane<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo fight the “Great Satan”…
\nIran 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\u2014well, look, I can only assume that the country employs at least one aerospace engineer, right? This has to be a joke, …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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So, was this meant to impress the world? Or the Iranian public? Or maybe the Iranian President? \u00a0Because it doesn't seem … terribly … impressive. (Of course, it could be a fiendishly clever hoax to lull everyone into complacency. Seems unlikely, but …) Reshared post from +Les Jenkins I'd love to see them take a … Continue reading “The Potemkin Fighter from Iran”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25214,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/09\/waiting-for-someone-to-propose-the-iranian-web-model-for-the-us.html","url_meta":{"origin":32439,"position":0},"title":"Waiting for someone to propose the Iranian web model for the US","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 9-Jan-12 11:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because you know there are folks who would love to see such a crackdown. 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