| Tango01 | 07 Nov 2018 3:49 p.m. PST |
… "fourth-generation" fighter jet "Iran started mass-producing locally designed Kowsar fighter jet, Iranian newspapers announced on November 3, 2018. The F-5-derived Kowsar aircraft was unveiled on August 28 in a ceremony attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani In a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan, Iran's Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami inaugurated the production line of Kowsar at Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Company, a firm affiliated to the defense ministry's Aviation Industries Organization…."
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| Thresher01 | 07 Nov 2018 4:21 p.m. PST |
Northrop should sue them for IP theft, and/or production royalties. |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Nov 2018 4:26 p.m. PST |
F-5 'derived'? More like F-5 copy with Iranian-built instruments. |
| StarCruiser | 07 Nov 2018 5:11 p.m. PST |
Well – it's not a bad plane to copy… |
| coopman | 07 Nov 2018 5:26 p.m. PST |
How many of those can they produce before they go broke? |
Col Durnford  | 07 Nov 2018 5:32 p.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 07 Nov 2018 5:43 p.m. PST |
1/72nd, I imagine, given previous examples of aircraft they've shown. |
| Flight Deck Decals 2400 | 07 Nov 2018 7:29 p.m. PST |
Probably can build a fair amount with the 2 billion cash from the past administration…? |
| FatherOfAllLogic | 08 Nov 2018 8:09 a.m. PST |
"Mass-produced"? The last time any aircraft was mass-produced was WWII by the USA. (OK, and the Brits, Russians, and Germans.) |
| Tango01 | 08 Nov 2018 11:29 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 08 Nov 2018 3:57 p.m. PST |
Pretty sure Boeing still mass-produces airliners, and the F16 has had over 4500 built. There were less than 2400 F5s built (and another 1200 T-38 trainers built). |
| GROSSMAN | 08 Nov 2018 7:54 p.m. PST |
Is Kowsar the Iranian word for F-5? |
| coopman | 09 Nov 2018 6:19 a.m. PST |
That look more like a staged "fake" production photo to me. |
| FatherOfAllLogic | 09 Nov 2018 8:03 a.m. PST |
Just checked…..Boeing plans to produce 800 aircraft this year. |
experiments to find a better way to mount aircraft for wargaming.
