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Why Iran’s New Home-Grown Stealth Fighter Will Never Get Off the Ground
Gizmodo - Credit to The Aviationist ^ | Feb 4, 2013 | David Cenciotti - The Aviationist

Posted on 02/04/2013 7:47:52 PM PST by Corporate Democrat

On Feb. 1, 2013, Iran unveiled its indigenous fighter jet named "Qaher 313″. The prototype of the Q-313 (or F-313 according to the stencils applied to the aircraft), was presented to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and publicly displayed as part of the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies held in Iran to celebrate the 1979′s victory of the Islamic Revolution.

In the previous days, the Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi had said, "The aircraft will be different from the other fighter jets Iran has already made." Iran's new fighter jet doesn't look like any we've ever seen before. Turns out, as The Aviationist explains, that's because it maybe possibly almost definitely can't fly.

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aviation; fake; iran; stealthfighter
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To: greenhornet68

Well, if it’s got a cloaking device we may be in trouble.


41 posted on 02/05/2013 5:29:16 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Chode

Yes.


42 posted on 02/05/2013 7:23:35 AM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: Corporate Democrat

43 posted on 02/05/2013 7:28:49 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: MestaMachine
cute is right, i don't believe it...
44 posted on 02/05/2013 3:04:32 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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