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Iran's newest warplane something from 'GI Joe?'
First it was monkeys in space (or not) and now it’s “GI Joe” fighter jets. Not the best of times for Iran’s aviation and aerospace programs, at least if you listen to the skeptics.
First there were doubts about Tehran’s claim it sent a monkey into space in late January. After photos of two different monkeys that were aboard the alleged one-monkey space shot surfaced, Iran media said there was a photo mix-up and, yes, there was just one Iranian monkey in space.
Then this week Iran unveiled what it said was its new high-tech stealth fighter plane. The jet shown in pictures on the website of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been the butt of jokes all week from aviation bloggers.
“This aircraft looks a lot like an old GI Joe toy,” wrote one blogger.
And from another, “This has to be a joke, right?”
Click through the gallery above to see the bloggers' comments and evidence in the photos.
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I've seen better flying carpets!! Sim Salabim!!
That`s just a ground target, I don`t see it getting off the ground unless it`s blown up
Looks like an old 38 special could shoot it down. Blam! Blam!
One down.
Just out of curiosity, why is it a domestically manufactured plane for a domestic air force have writing in English?
Danger is actually the Iranian word for "Duct Tape"
Ah Ha!!
NOW we know what they did with the drone they captured!
im an expert jet observer, and from looking at pictures and reading ur article, I will join in with CNN and agree that this jet sucks. nevermind whats in it.
baaahhheeehh.
Responding to David Cenciotti, size of pilot. This aircraft is actually meant to be flown by the second monkey that did not go into space not a human pilot.
FAKE! Those people have to be very stupid to believe anyone above the age of 7 would think it could fly... or even taxi around! The engine is made of cardboard. lol. And look at the building... they're in a livestock auction barn. The smell of sheep dung is still in the air....
.lol... if not the plane, at least "something" is actually IN the air! lol
Sheep dung? that's the smell of love in Iran...
I am surprised no one noticed and/or commented on the lack of a HUD.
Look at #6... There is no way the canopy lid provides an air-tight seal at all...Look at the base where the canopy would rest against. 40+ MPH and it would rip right off the presumably plastic hinges.
Also, where are the jet intakes? Am I to assume that 1 sqft area behind the canopy is the intake? (I guess that's all the thrust you'd need to push a 1000lb plastic jet to a hundred miles an hour...right into the dirt at the end of the runway.)
And, why no picture of the complex mechanism for vectored thrust? (Because there are no engines in there!)
LOL come on how can anybody defend this thing after looking at those pics? Seriously have you people ever been near an airplane and looked at it? This literally isn't rocket science.
I think we are going about this in the wrong way. I think we should be praising them for what they have instead of telling them how to fix all the things that are wrong. Let's not give than any more help than we already have.
I built better airplanes when I was eleven years old.
The back of the instrument is funny looking. You would get massive glare off that gray box. And no HUD. How is the pilot supposed to shoot at anything?
Yeah...but if Congress doesn't get the budget straight, we'll be flying those ourselves. They can't be more than 50 bucks each.....right?