Sure looks pretty ugly, but can it fly....

[marv]

....the Qaher 313 that is. Iran's new "strike fighter"........

It looks like they stole everything they could from the looks of US, Britian and Europe current designs, and with Star Wars thrown in, to fabricate a mockup to.................

[Rockntractor]

Now they need to borrow China's refurbished Russian aircraft carrier and they will have the complete action set.

[Rockntractor]

It looks like they are displaying it in a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop.

[Bailey]

At DU there are some actually taking this seriously. lol

[Starbuck]

Even if it did fly, they have no one qualified to fly it into combat in any sort of effective manner.

Bring it on. (yawn)

[Rockntractor]

Even if it did fly, they have no one qualified to fly it into combat in any sort of effective manner.

Bring it on. (yawn)

This may be why Obama was practicing with the shotgun.

[JB]

It's supposed to be stealth. They really adapted the technology from our drone rather quickly, didn't they.

[Zathras]

I wonder if Revel knows Iran stole plans from one of their model kits?

[noonwitch]

It looks like a life-sized version of a futuristic model plane that my brother put together in the 70s.

[Apocalypse]

It looks more like ether a mock up, or photo op.

I'm sure any of our military fly boys here could pick this apart.

First the cockpit.



Few instruments, tiny. Even less wiring behind the front panel.



The small nose cone. Fit any radar in there?



I would love to see him with the canopy down. He would be hunched over.

http://youtu.be/ok2aMgfBdCs

Note they don't show it taking off or landing. Only a brief flight. To me looks more like a working mock up of that drone of ours they captured. With a cockpit put in for looks. Likely radio controlled.