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There are reports of the development of an indigenous fighter, variously called the Owj (Zenith) or Saeqeh-80.

There were reports in the late 1990s of the development of an indigenous fighter design called the Owj (Zenith), although this may reflect a nomenclature confusion with the IRIAF Owj Industrial Complex. Nothing has been heard in recent years of a project with this name.

In December 1998 Chancellor of Martyr Sattari University, Brigadier General Ali-Akbar Showqi told the President Mohammad Khatami that the fighter 'Sa'eqeh' (Lightning or Thunderbolt), then in the design phase, would do its experimental flight in the year 2001. In July 2004 Iran showed a video and pictures of the latest prototype fighter jet [after Azarakhsh and Shafagh], called Sa´eqeh, or Sa'eqeh-80.

It looks like an F-5 with canted vertical stabilizers.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the armed forces to be boosted, as the Islamic republic unveiled the locally developed fighter jet. During his tour of the western city of Hamedan, Khamenei was shown the Sa'eqeh. The jet had been shown on state television making a test flight. No information about its operational capacity, technical specifications or production were given. In his address to a group of pilots and air force commanders, at the third air force base in Hamedan, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the key role of the air force. The Supreme Leader said successful manufacture of Sa'eqeh (thunder) jet fighter by the Islamic republic army's air force and elevation of their combat readiness are the results of their faith, hard endeavors and strong will. The Sa'eqeh jet fighter made a successful test flight in the presence of the Supreme Leader during the ceremony.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... saeqeh.htm


TEERÃ (AFP) - O Irã apresentou nesta quinta-feira um novo caça-bombardeiro, em meio à crescente tensão com os Estados Unidos, e assegurou que o avião é capaz de "cegar" os inimigos.

Imagens de dois aviões batizados como "Saegheh" (Trovão), que decolaram e aterrissaram no aeroporto de Mehrabad, em Teerã, foram exibidas pela televisão pública iraniana.


Os aparelhos foram apresentados pelas autoridades como similares aos americnaos F-18.


Alguns especialistas militares ocidentais acreditam, no entanto, que o Saegheh é um derivado do F-5 americano, cujo design remonta aos anos 60 e que foi compraado pelo Shah.


"Este caça foi desenhado e construído com meios próprios, e esta nova geração de avião passa agora à produção industrial", explicou o ministro da Defesa, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, segundo a agência IRNA.


"Nossas forças, como raios, cegarão os inimigos em nossa terra", acrescentou.


A exibição aérea, que será repetida no próximo sábado como parte de um tradicional desfile militar, ocorreu um dia depois que um chefe da Força Aérea assegurou que há planos prontos para atacar Israel caso o Estado hebreu decida bombardear o Irã

http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/afp/0709 ... r___defesa

[Lancero]

[lexivia]

"...Os aparelhos foram apresentados pelas autoridades como similares aos americanos F-18..."

Xiça penico!  E é logo similar aos F-18! Se tiveram imaginação para dizer isto se calhar tiveram imaginação para criar uma avião realemente incrível!
 

[Lightning]

"...Os aparelhos foram apresentados pelas autoridades como similares aos americanos F-18..."

Xiça penico!  E é logo similar aos F-18! Se tiveram imaginação para dizer isto se calhar tiveram imaginação para criar uma avião realemente incrível!
 :lol: .

[Leonidas]

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[nelson38899]

Possible J-10 sale to Tehran raises red flags

Iran, China and Russia may have reached agreement for the supply of Chengdu J-10 advanced combat aircraft to Iran, according to Russian media reports.

The Russian business daily Kommersant published the story on 23 October but it was picked up and translated into English by the state-controlled Novosti news agency the following day. Kommersant has an acknowledged track record for monitoring Russia's dealings with Iran and Novosti's involvement gives the story an official seal of approval.

China, perhaps surprised by the extent of the Russian reports, has moved quickly to deny them. According to the state-controlled Xinhua news agency, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular press conference: "The report is false and irresponsible. China has not conducted any negotiation on the so-called fighter issue. We hope the Russian newspaper could clarify its report."

Quoting sources within HESA (the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company), Kommersant said the Iranian military will take delivery of 24 J-10s between 2008 and 2010 to equip two squadrons. This is a similar number to the elderly Chengdu J-7 fighters previously delivered from China to Iran - raising the possibility that the J-10s will replace the obsolete J-7s.

Iran was previously thought to be negotiating a large package of Sukhoi Su-30MK fighters with Russia. However, it may have opted instead to acquire the more affordable but still capable J-10 from China. In Iranian service the J-10 would primarily be an air-defence platform, equipped with Chinese weapons such as the SD-10 active-radar air-to-air missile
 
source: http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdw/j ... _1_n.shtml