as i said , the problem is in Air Force not Army aviation . the army aviation as far as i care can use drones for the attack against enemy in battle field .
for air force what i'm against is buying for the sake of buying something , Su-35 can't change anything in battle field compared to our neighbors or any nato members . its radar and E-warfare system is simply are not up to the task.
even Kowsar is not be able to do the task , but there is a difference here , by buying su-35 we learn nothing , instead of buying that 3-4 squadron of su-35 we can do our route , invest of Kowsar . by doing that we gain experience in managing the production line for domestic airplanes , we build the base industry that can be used in nesxt generation of kowsar and we build a force that can replace must of our circus airplanes and later actually can be used as potent platform for advanced trainer when we built the next generation kowsar in 5-6 year after domestic turbofan engine become ready .
and again 2-3 day ago Sardar Salami commander in chief of IRGC reiterated what i say here , "We want to protect our country with our own weapon"
We all understand, you want Iran to do everything by itself no matter the time it would takeSardar Salami commander in chief of IRGC reiterated what i say here , "We want to protect our country with our own weapon"
But here's my questions, you also talked of Shahed-285 in the IRIAF section:
-How many Kowsars have been produced?
-Did Iran officially talked about the upgraded Kowsars ("Kowsar II") and the production line?
-How many Shahed-285 helicopters have been produced?
-How many Bavar have been produced, if estimation, is there OSINT satellite photos of Bavar sites operational?
-Did Iran communicate about advanced Bavar? In 2020, Iran said that the new Bavar would be unveiled in 2 years (so 2022 i assume)
Also in the recent strikes on Komala group, we heard that Cobras participated in the attacks, but i didn't saw any video of Cobras in action
What is the longest range ammunition current Cobras can carry? Vikhr has 12km range, you told me that Russian ammunition doesn't have anything belong 5km range, LMUR have 15km range and is proposed for export https://defence-blog.com/russia-to-arm-mi-28nm-helicopter-with-long-range-cruise-missile/ https://tass.com/defense/1166749 https://tass.com/defense/1066655