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Does anyone knows if the bottom picture depicting the "iranian F-20" is recent, or just an older one? I do have pictures of that concept in the blueish camo. That concept must be what, almost 20 years old now?

I couldn't agree with this part more. A clear and precise goal, government support and hard work, day and night for however long it takes, no matter the obstacles ahead is what is needed for a successful iranian combat aircraft program. But so far the required level of support, focus and...

I'll just say that there a lot of utterly misplaced arrogance from claimed iranian posters in regards to Iran military capabilities, especially aviation, directed at Russia or China. Especially the idea that Iran wouldn't need russian or chinese weapons like aircraft because of supposed internal...

I may sound like a broken disk but i say it again, Iran MUST build nuclear weapons asap, that is the only way to guarantee it's peaceful future. The US and their european vassals (of which ashamely my country is part of) or the israeli regime would rather start wars just to deflect from...

I could not agree more. Certainly the focus should be on arming Iran, DPRK, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela as well as any other country wanting to buy russian weapons (there were several blackmailed by the US that cowardly gave in such as Indonesia and Egypt). Also arm anyone and everyone standing...

Don't rush to believe the claims yet, so far i can only see clear irrefutable visual evidence of one Mi-8 and one Sukhoi.

Thanks for the details, though it's still not clear what engine was on the original RQ-170 captured by Iran, whether TF34 or TFE731 or FJ33 or FJ44? Was it actually a FJ33 which was reverse engineered as Jahesh-700?

Just a question i realized i don't know the answer to. What engine did Iran find in the captured RQ-170 drone, did they ever release that info (wiki says it's either a TFE731 or TF34)? Also, did they managed to recover the engine from the RQ-4? Are there efforts to reverse engineer either or...

On the subject of IRIAF pilots, is there any reliable data regarding how many hours they fly per year?

While the first possibility could be an option of course, as an aviation fanboy i certainly hope the second is the true one! DPRK so far built cutting edge weapon systems (not to mention nukes), among the most prominent being ICBMs, SLBMs, cruise missiles, modern long, (possibly) medium and...

There is still absolutely no excuse for not continuing the project regardless of what happened to Mukhamedov or what the rusians did. Support the project financially, put the best engineers to work hard to finish the project, build a prototype powered by a stock RD-33 from a MiG-29. Even if it...

Holy cow, DPRK long awaited indigenous combat aircraft? We saw their AAMs couple of years back. It does look quite small though, not unexpected really, probably single engined (RD-33 copy?). Size wise seems to be in the same ballpark with MiG-21 and JF-17?

Wanted to reply to this for a while. Don't blame the IRIAF, it's not their fault. They are constantly starved of funds, they don't even have enough money to maintain and overhaul their aircraft regularly, let alone perform the badly needed competent upgrades that exist in one form or another...

I'm baffled why anyone defends and thinks anything useful would come out of that pitiful Qaher thing, which according to an article i read (and i believe it, because it makes sense to anyone with a brain) seems to have been merely a giant embezzling scam by whoever built it and was in charge of...

Great stuff, thanks Sineva. Any idea of the yeld from a warhead that size? PS: Sineva, just noticed your flag, are you really from DPRK ? Thanks.

The DPRK system does not seem to be a SAM, but a SRBM. I too initially believed it could be a SAM, but it does not appear to be the case. https://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/1067389.html However i believe DPRK has developed a triad of short (Tor like SAM), medium (hardly mentioned in the...

Found this just now, it seems to contain the whole parade. Haven't looked at it yet (will do now), but can't wait to see what cool stuff they showed.

Handover ceremony for 30 new 600mm MLRS has taken place: https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4637585.html

Thanks, i think i've seen it before. Hope they will show it in actual service/ practice firing etc.

Looks like a Shilka.