Iran’s aircraft manufacturing capabilities should be taken with a large grain of salt.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The latest F-5 iteration, the Kowsar, was shown in an unveiling ceremony in 2018 attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani claimed once again that this time, they had manufactured at “fourth generation” jet fighter completely domestically.
The American-designed Northrop F-5 was first drawn up in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Originally envisioned as a highly aerodynamic fighter with good handling characteristics, including high thrust and supersonic flight, and ease of maintenance.
Copycats
Prior to the Iranian revolution, Iran received extensive American military aid the Imperial Iranian Air Force was no exception and received hundreds of F-5s in several variants. Iran had also received a number of more advanced fighters from the United States and other countries, which resulted in a sell-off of their F-5 frames, though they retained sev
15 April 2021
Iran International TV has reported that a research drone belonging to Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), a subset of Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Force Logistics (MODAFL) crashed this week in Shahinshahr Province due to a technical error.
It is reported that there were no injuries, and Nasser Hosseini Manjezi, the deputy governor of Shahinshahr confirmed the crash of the drone and said: “This drone crashed due to a technical defect in the clock system, but fortunately did not cause any casualties.”
The research drone’s crash offers an insight into Iran’s military ambitions and its growing drone industry, as HESA continues to develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for surveillance and possible attack.
January 12, 2021
Iran has reportedly fired its enigmatic Azarakhsh missile, which is believed to be a clone of the American-made AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, from one of its drones during a recently-held war drill.
Video footage of the war games shows the Iranian military using its Karrar drone to launch the Azarakhsh missile. Earlier, there were reports that Azarakhsh was a combination of an anti-tank and a short-range surface-to-air missile.
There were visuals of how the missile was launched from the belly of the Karrar “interceptor drone”, which had taken off from a truck-mounted launcher.
According to reports, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Defense Force used the drones to bring down the hypothetical aerial target on the second day of the exercise. It was the first time that the missiles were used in any drill.