Though influenced by the F-5, the prototype is a different airplane and is much shorter.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The irony is that Tehran doesn’t need to be ashamed of its resourceful use of old jet fighters. In the nine-year-long Iran-Iraq war during the 1980s, Iranian fighter pilots fought one of the most intense air wars in recent history defending their home soil.
In February 2017 I published an article on the Iranian Saeqeh (“Thunderbolt”) fighter. Billed as Iran’s first domestically-built jet fighter to enter operational service, the Saeqeh.
Fast forward and we are again greeted with headlines for yet another “100% indigenously made” fighter jet, this time a “state of the art” two-seater called the Kowsar. And yet it appears identical to an F-5F Tiger II two-seater jet.
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Negotiations are underway in Vienna as the UN Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany (the P5+1) try to resuscitate the nuclear deal with Iran. Therefore, the American people may arrive at the false belief that Iran is a rational actor. That lifting sanctions could coax the regime into compliance. And that diplomacy’s power and the lifting of sanctions will convince Iran to fundamentally change its behavior and cease to be a threat.
The U.S. Should Tread Carefully When it Comes to Negotiations With Iran
But the recent cyber attack on the Natanz nuclear site, Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility, demonstrates that Israel still considers the Islamic regime to be an existential threat. Though Israel has not officially confirmed or denied reports of its involvement, there is little doubt that the Mossad was responsible.
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