Iranian Stealth Jet - DIY Hacked Hi-Res Pix


Message posted by Kurt on February 05, 2013 at 7:11:26 PST:

I was playing with the URL of the Iranian Ministry of Defense site and found a series of good official Hi-Res pictures of this aircraft (term used loosely). You can get them yourself at....

http://mod.ir/sites/default/files/images/f313.1.JPG
Through
http://mod.ir/sites/default/files/images/f313.28.JPG

This one is particularly revealing...

http://mod.ir/sites/default/files/images/f313.17.jpg

You can see that this aircraft is clearly a fiberglass mock-up with some real aircraft parts stuck in for good measure. Look closely - zip ties, un-labeled switches, etc. Some of the avionics appear to be general avaition stuff. I'm pretty sure the gage in the upper left is an airspeed indicator - redlined at less than 270kts. At least they used a nylock nut on the bolt holding the end of the stick on. I guess they didn't want it falling off while inverted or something. Too bad they didn't put the same degree of thought into the canopy seals and latching mechanism - or the rudder pedals. Whoopsie.

The overall size of this thing looks kind of small too, but maybe that's so it's even more stealthy = small radar signature?

The most amazing thing about this is the whole WTF factor. What is the purpose of it? Does Ahmadinejad SERIOUSLY think he is fooling anyone? Maybe HE believes it is real.

PS - if the pics are not enough to convince you, just check out the "Top 10 F-313 most important features"...

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1808201

Alrighty then...


In Reply to: New Iranian Stealth Jet Revealed posted by greatguess on February 02, 2013 at 8:46:44 PST:

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