New Iranian jet

[Precocity]

Several Iranian pilots are probably looking to defect because they are afraid they will be ordered to fly the damn thing.

[WizardfromOz]

[Precocity]

Well the way that the Iranian public affairs lies on a constant basis, the damn plane is probably made out of cardboard and plastic.

[Spider]

[Precocity]

Stealth technology only is effective against conventional radar. It would be ridiculous to assume the U.S. would rely solely on that old technology. I would bet that we will be able to track those planes the minute they leave the ground no matter where they are and track them down to exact lat/long positions, speed and heading. We have spent billions on that technology.

[WizardfromOz]

[Nico]

Well there is video of it flying and it looks freaking fast, however I wouldn't be surprised if the item on display is a model. This would make sense for a couple of reasons, not least of which would be the need to keep detail to a minimum for outside observers. Anything is possible with the Iranians. They do however have a good aerospace industry, so lol at all the people who automatically assume it will be sh*t.

Then again the whole thing could be an exercise at trolling the west and completely fictitious. Then again again, it could be capable homegrown fighter. necessity is the mother of something, I forget what.

[Spider]

[Spider]

OK. Until I see a clear video of a human being taking off and landing in this thing, I don't believe this is actually a real aircraft.

Have you guys looked really closely at the photos? Like of the canards, and that they are apparently immobile. Or the lack of detail on and the bizarre positioning of the intakes? Or the ridiculous small size of the plane, and the fact that their tiniest actor (pilot) could barely squeeze into it? Or the 1970's instrumentation in the cockpit, incomplete as it is? Or the lack of hardpoints for weapon attachments? Or the control surfaces that don't seem to actually exist, to say nothing of the needed volume for the mechanicals? To say nothing of the missing exhaust components at the back of the place.

Or the fact that this entire aircraft visible rocks from side to side as the little pilot dude is trying to shimmy down into it, like the whole thing is hollow, made of plywood, and thus has no mass....which in the Newtonian sense is the only way a 175 lb dude is going to make an entire jet fighter literally move just by climbing aboard.

This is actually on par with a Great Leader hole-in-one in hilariousness.

[Nico]