Defense Official: Qaher 313 Home-Made Fighter Jet to Protect Persian Gulf

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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian defense ministry official said that the main mission of the country's newly unveiled fighter jet, Qaher 313, would be protecting security in the Persian Gulf.

On February 2, Iran unveiled an advanced home-made aircraft, named Qaher 313, in a ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Addressing a group of Iranian soldiers on Tuesday, Deputy Defense Minister General Majid Bokayee pointed to the confused remarks made by the US military analysts about the features and specifications of the aircraft, and said that enemies claimed the aircraft is just a paper model but later they said that it is an aircraft designed by the Islamic Republic for anti-chopper missions.

"That was the Americans' analysis, but we bravely declare that Qaher, (designed and developed) at a cost of $2 to 3 million, is a Basiji (volunteer) aircraft to protect the Persian Gulf," Bokayee noted.

In February, the aircraft's project manager told FNA that Qaher 313 has a "unique" structure and will be armed with home-made weapons and equipments in the future, adding that it enjoys such capabilities which will stun the enemies in battlefield.

"The new aircraft has a unique face in terms of shape and structure and its design is unique in the world," Managing-Director of Iran's Aviation Industries Company Hassan Parvaneh said at the time.

He added that the aircraft's broken wing design has gifted it the ability to fly in different low, mid and high altitudes.

"Of course, the specific capability of Qaher is its capability of flying at low altitudes and that is a capability seen in no other similar aircraft."

Addressing a ceremony to unveil Qaher 313 on February 2, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said all production stages, including designing and manufacturing of the new aircraft had been carried out by Iranian experts at the Aviation Industries Organization of the Defense Ministry.

As regards the specification of Qaher 313, the minister said, "The advanced aircraft with an advanced appearance has a very small Radar Cross Section (RCS) and is capable of operating and flying in low-altitude."

The minister added that high-tech materials and electro-ionic systems were used in the aircraft which is capable of landing and taking off from short runways.

Vahidi noted that Qaher 313 enjoys high combat capability and can carry home-made weapons.

Vahidi also told reporters on the sidelines of the ceremony that Qaher 313 is able to rival with the most advanced fighter jets in shape and structure, adding that its shape has gifted the aircraft small RCS.

Radar cross section (RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a Radar. A larger RCS indicates that an object is more easily detected. An object reflects a limited amount of radar energy.

Fars News Agency :: Defense Official: Qaher 313 Home-Made Fighter Jet to Protect Persian Gulf

 

[Sergi]

I though you guies only have a mock up right now.
What's the actual status ???

 

[SOHEIL]

I though you guies only have a mock up right now.
What's the actual status ???

a prototype (not complete)

 

[ResurgentIran]

Well, that confirms what we all knew all along.
Qaher is not an aircraft that is going to intercept or challenge the likes of F-16 etc.
Its low-cost unit and an assymetrical fighter jet, meant to cause as much damage as can be, at the lowest cost possible.
If the numbers turns out to be right, Iran could afford to manufacture 100s if not thousands of them, without overstretching the military budget too much.
Maybe even be used for suicide/kamikaze attacks against US naval warships (maybe that is what they are hinting at with the "volunteer" part), if all else fails.

Its actually a very smart defense doctrine, considering the circumstances.

 

[SOHEIL]

Well, that confirms what we all knew all along.
Qaher is not an aircraft that is going to intercept or challenge the likes of F-16 etc.
Its low-cost unit and an assymetrical fighter jet, meant to cause as much damage as can be, at the lowest cost possible.
If the numbers turns out to be right, Iran could afford to manufacture 100s if not thousands of them, without overstretching the military budget too much.
Maybe even be used for suicide/kamikaze suicide attacks against US naval warships (maybe that is what they are hinting at with the "volunteer part), if all else fails.

Its actually a very smart defense doctrine, considering the circumstances.

another fighter jet coming soon ... & this time not for asymmetric defence

& we are in 21th century ... what the fak is kamikaze !?

 

[ResurgentIran]

another fighter jet coming soon ... & this time not for asymmetric defence

& we are in 21th century ... what the fak is kamikaze !?

From wikipedia:

"The Kamikaze were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than was possible with conventional attacks"

This is not bad by any means, my bro. Qaher is a very rational and well thought out concept.
But the kamikaze is only if all else fails. Last resort measure...

 

[--,-'{@]

step by step Iran congratulations. . .

 

[ResurgentIran]

step by step Iran congratulations. . .

You have a very interesting username.

 

[SOHEIL]

 

[sairaawais]

i really liked the design of plane

 

[mohsen]

Well, that confirms what we all knew all along.
Qaher is not an aircraft that is going to intercept or challenge the likes of F-16 etc.
Its low-cost unit and an assymetrical fighter jet, meant to cause as much damage as can be, at the lowest cost possible.
If the numbers turns out to be right, Iran could afford to manufacture 100s if not thousands of them, without overstretching the military budget too much.
Maybe even be used for suicide/kamikaze attacks against US naval warships (maybe that is what they are hinting at with the "volunteer" part), if all else fails.

Its actually a very smart defense doctrine, considering the circumstances.

he is saying qaher is a viral for "most advanced fighter jets in shape and structure", he is referring to F22 & F35, you can say it's asymmetric weapon only based on it's cost, but in function it's 100% symmetric, also saying a viral to F22 can't challenge F16 is not logical.
the "volunteer" term is what fars news added and it's not even the literal meaning of "basigi= united", he is talking about basigi spirit, who can stand against heavy armies.
our pilots don't care about the power of enemy, there are many reports from Iran-Iraq war that our pilots flew toward Iraqis AD systems and bombarded them, but clearly you can't call it kamikaze attack, kamikaze pilots had only one purpose, hitting aircraft to enemy ships.

 

[django]

OH GIVE ME A BREAK.

 

[Youknowme]

It look good

Best of luck to Iran

 

[The SiLent crY]

another fighter jet coming soon ... & this time not for asymmetric defence

& we are in 21th century ... what the fak is kamikaze !?

Kamikaze is respectable man . They scarified themselves for their country however they are not respected in Japan these days .

 

[SOHEIL]

Kamikaze is respectable man . They scarified themselves for their country however they are not respected in Japan these days .

I respect them man ... but we have thousands Anti Ship missiles for that mission ...

... be nazar man onha majbor bodan ke inkar ro anjam bedan , chon dar oon zaman chizi be esm moshak hedayat shavande vojod nadashte va barayezadan kashti bayad yek ensan naghsh system hedayati ro bazi mikarde ...