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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran shows off homegrown fighter jet
2007-08-06
TEHRAN, Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) - Iran on Sunday showed off for the first time a new fighter jet said to be modelled on the American F-5 but built using domestic technology, state media reported. The "Azarakhsh" (Target Lightning) jet; one of the first to be home-produced by Iran; made a successful flight in the central city of Isfahan in a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and other officials.
Gateway Pundit sez there's something strangely familiar about Iran's new planes.
"The success of this domestically developed fighter plane is another example of the technological achievements of our country," said Isfahan governor Morteza Bakhtiari, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. "At a time when the United States is selling its arms to its allies in the region, our country's specialists are taking big strides every day towards self-sufficiency in defence," he added.

The development of the plane was first announced in September last year, when military officials said that it was "comparable" to the US F-5 fighter jet. The fly-by in Isfahan appears to have been the first time the Azarakhsh jet has been shown in public.

Iran has also developed another homemade war plane named "Saegheh" (Thunder) which it has described as similar to the American F-18 fighter jet.
In their dreams.
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