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my guess is that they had to remove the other cannon to make room for KLJ-7A . but it has a mechanical steering plate and that take space something that f-5 lack unless you go with the one with side panels and that require even more modification to the nose section
This is why radar companies always have a modular and flexible system to offer to potential clients. For example, Selex produced one Grifo type and kept changing its dimensions to fit in with the nosecones of Mirage, F-5, F-4, and MIG-21/23 with the almost similar performance and weight/wattage.
Saeghe 3-7370 testbed's enlarged radome and lack of twin cannon were probably to fit in some larger NRIET KLJ radar in it and later Kowsar's unveiling confirmed NRIET origin. If CATIC and IAMI cooperation can fit KLJ-7A into that radome on Kowsar mated with PL-12 and R-73E/M, that would be a fierce machine. Kowsar's current avionics package itself is not bad for a stop-gap fighter but probably IRIAF wants something better.