[NormsRevenge]

Three Iranian "Saeqeh" (Thunder) fighter jets, said by Iran to be similar to the American F-18, fly by at the beginning of an annual military parade to mark Iran's eight-year war with Iraq in the capital Tehran. Iran on Saturday warned the West of the "serious consequences" of launching any attack against the Islamic republic after showing off a new longer-range missile in public for the first time.(AFP/Atta Kenare)

[NormsRevenge]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, right, during large-scale military parades to mark the 27th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Iran that sparked the bloody 1980-88 war, in Tehran, Iran on Saturday Sept. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Three Iranian "Saeqeh" (Thunder) fighter jets, said by Iran to be similar to the American F-18, fly by at the beginning of an annual military parade to mark Iran's eight-year war with Iraq in the capital Tehran. Iran on Saturday warned the West of the "serious consequences" of launching any attack against the Islamic republic after showing off a new longer-range missile in public for the first time. "
The F-22 would take them out without the " Saeqeh " pilots knowing what hit them and make it look like a turkey shoot.

[piasa]

Looks more like a T-38 or the related Tigershark than an F-18. Painting them up in the style of the Blue Angels isn’t all that persuasive...

[Fiveinch]

They’re Northrop F-5 derivatives. The only thing in common with an F-18 is the ability of flight.

About as threatening as a flying 2x4...