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[Messerschmitt]

An interesting Iranian documentary about the IRIAF's air-to-surface and surface-to-air missile development after the revolution: https://dnws.ir/352528

 

[Mithridates]

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[skyshadow]

am i right?? or is it an fully upgraded MIG-21?


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new version

 

[Mithridates]

am i right?? or is it an fully upgraded MIG-21 with radar?


old version

new version

it's still an f-7 with a new double delta wing.

 

[Philosopher]

old version

That is a mockup of an unknown Iranian fighter jet project. This mockup has been around for years. Nothing is known about that project in the public domain. It has nothing to do Mig-21 or any other known fighter jet.

 

[skyshadow]

 

[sahureka2]

We talked about it in March 2019 when some screenshots appeared

I found another image in which you see some more elements, however the quality of the photo is low, I tried to improve it and at the top appears a structure that appears to be a part of the fuselage.

Surely these images are screenshots taken from a video, video that I could not find on the web.
I ask if any of the users of this forum can locate it and share it here, so that they can view it carefully with the hope of being able to detect some other clue as to which plane they are working on.

thank !

Something that could look like the Chinese JL-9, but single seater, of which I had made a photosbop of how it could be

 

[Messerschmitt]

We talked about it in March 2019 when some screenshots appeared

Something that could look like the Chinese JL-9, but single seater, of which I had made a photosbop of how it could be

This is possibly a project to upgrade the IRIAF's F-7N fleet to something like an Iranian single-seat FTC-2000(G).

 

[OldTwilight]

This is possibly a project to upgrade the IRIAF's F-7N fleet to something like an Iranian single-seat FTC-2000(G).

the ultimate upgrade of F-7 is Pakistan jF-17 , so instead of these bullshits , I think we should simply ask for TOT of JF-17 with Pakistan .

 

[TruthHurtz]

the ultimate upgrade of F-7 is Pakistan jF-17 , so instead of these bullshits , I think we should simply ask for TOT of JF-17 with Pakistan .

Pakistan only manufactures part of the JF-17, ultimately it's mostly produced in China.

 

[sahureka2]

the ultimate upgrade of F-7 is Pakistan jF-17 , so instead of these bullshits , I think we should simply ask for TOT of JF-17 with Pakistan .

They are two different aircraft
The JL-9 / FTC-2000 derives directly from the training version FT-7 and maintains in addition to many components also the same Chinese-made WP-13F engine.
The JF-17 instead is an almost total redesign of the F-7 and adopts the engine made in Russia RD-33

 

[Mr Iran Eye]

Iran has promised us surprises by announcing a prototype Shafaq which will soon be tested. In fact, there is too much tendency in the West to take developments in the Iranian airline industry lightly, out of pride or even out of hand. but if we follow the course of the Iranians more closely, we must be more modest.
The National Interest

 

[TruthHurtz]

Iran has promised us surprises by announcing a prototype Shafaq which will soon be tested. In fact, there is too much tendency in the West to take developments in the Iranian airline industry lightly, out of pride or even out of hand. but if we follow the course of the Iranians more closely, we must be more modest.
The National Interest

The National Interest is clickbait trash, not saying that analysis is necessarily off the mark but best steer clear from them.

 

[TheImmortal]

They are just toys.

I don’t know where you guys think Iran is magically going to find funding for a fighter jet program under sanctions and oil prices so low.

Not to mention the only engine they can make is J-85. Severely limits options to light attack fighter jet which is of zero use for Iran.

 

[Hack-Hook]

They are just toys.

I don’t know where you guys think Iran is magically going to find funding for a fighter jet program under sanctions and oil prices so low.

Not to mention the only engine they can make is J-85. Severely limits options to light attack fighter jet which is of zero use for Iran.

does low oil price affect Iran at all?