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Brazil's latest F5 upgrade. Leonardo Grifo F radar, an advanced mechanically-scanned pulse-Doppler radar with multi-aircraft targeting capability, as well as a data link developed domestically by Embraer that allows information to be exchanged with other F-5Ms within the same formation...

If a country is your ally, you supply them technology, period. The AL-21 and R-13 engines are previous generation. Russia/China lose nothing by putting that knowledge in the hands of the North Koreans, Iranians, Syrians, Venezuelans, etc.

True. Which is why it's stunning that Iran hasn't gotten instructions on the AL-21 and R-13 engines from China and Russia. There should be no guesswork. Simple license product of AL-21 and R-13 engines would power anything Iran needs to build, in addition to Owj.

Anyone know the production rate on Karrar tanks?

Russia has turned the war in Ukraine around due in part to glide bombs and drones. Both are technologies Iran was better at initially than Russia. The only reason free bombs were good in Mariupol was because it was a few thousand zealots trapped in a giant underground maze. Dropping them from...

At this point, given everything going on in the world, I have no idea why the Russians wouldn't completely ignore sanctions or threats and start taking orders for MIG-35's, SU-35's, etc from Iran, Syria, China, North Korea, India, Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa, and Iraq. They should also give...

Yea, absolutely. Very economical way to turn an old weapon into a new and more dangerous weapon. The era of flying over targets is OVER. Bomber aircraft are now just mobile cruise missile platforms.

Russia is now attaching old FAB-500 bombs to gliders with GPS tracking on them. Which has turned a dumb bomb where you had to fly over the target into a long-range precision bomb. Similar solution to what Iran is putting on F4's and SU-22's. The Ukrainians are reporting this has significantly...

You mean Iran couldn't move 10-15 launchers and 500 missiles into Crimea to begin striking targets? They wouldn't have that capability?

Are any of you in Iran seeing any changes in your markets, businesses, etc? Specifically, any noticeable cohesion with Russia, China, etc? More Russian and Chinese products around? More exporting to Russia and China? Anything you have noticed?

Something that is interesting in the Russian-Ukrainian war is the lack of ballistic missiles. Am I wrong in thinking that if Iran were fully deployed in the Donbas alongside Russian forces that they would be utilize Fateh-110 ballistic missiles en masse? Pretty much around the clock striking of...

Nobody will ever face off against the US Air Force... Jets are now mobile strike systems. Air defense systems are what competes with a nations air force, not other jets. F-4's are incredibly lethal when armed with air-launched cruise missiles, glide bombs, etc. Nobody has to fly over a target...

That's not the point I was making... the point is, with ballistic missiles and drones... what is the need for an F-22 and a Rafale? Again, with the weapons systems I mentioned... in a modern battle theatre.... tell me which targets Iran can't hit? Air launched cruise missiles and glide bombs...

It's completely obvious that the Kowsar is nearly identical to an F-5. The things you mention are significant, with one obvious exception. The engine. You didn't mention that. Kowsar has: New airframes made of modern materials, carbon fiber, etc. A new, improved engine that is...

With all due respect, you misunderstood what I was suggesting. Iran needs to produce brand new F4, MIG-21, and SU-22 airframes, with brand new and composite materials. Russia needs to provide blue-prints for AL-21 engines (which is basically a Russian J79) and the SU-22 and MIG-21 airframe...