islamic republic of iran

The Fattah-1 hypersonic missile was again showed during the military ceremony in Iran two days ago. IRNA photo from a military exhibition in Iran from last year: Technical details are still only in the sphere of suppositions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fattah-1_(missile)

Meant to post this last week: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/09/12/edward-johnson-argo-iran-america-diplomats-affleck/ Rest In Peace :(

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/helicopter-carrying-iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-hard-land/

Let’s say Iran and Iraq are BOTH heavily sanctioned and cannot operate existing types or unable to procure sophisticated aircraft and have to rely on inferior types as parts for existing modern fleet are used up. By 1983 Iran has primarily mirage V , F-5A , A-4 and F-8 operational Iraq has to...

The great turkey shoot over Jordan (04 2024) : On the night of Saturday to Sunday 14th 04 24, Iran launched a series of Missile and drone strikes against Israel. Launches were reported from Iran, Irak and Yemen totalling 320 drones, Cruise and ballistic missiles (respectively, 170, 30 and 120...

F-5E revived? https://t.me/infantmilitario/115577 Mi-171Sh: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/houthi-helicopter-raid-on-ship-in-red-sea-seen-in-new-video

A thread or discuss about Iranian forward base/helicopter carrier IRINS Makran. Projects, armament and other.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 :( RIP.

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https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4316/1

Over on the What if Iran never had a revolution? thread Pioneer mentioned that at one point Iran was looking at buying a pair of Invincibles. If that is the case, then the 4 Kidd DDGs they cancelled would have likely been the AAW escorts for the carriers. Which got me wondering - what if, after...

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/onesps/1463_x_989_two_iranian_warships_spotted_near/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/03/mysterious-ship-in-iranian-shipyard-is-likely-irgcs-new-flagship/ Two new catamarans, seemingly the same class (or at least very closely related), being built in parallel. Here is the second one, incomplete. We know that it has missile bins (likely...

https://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-military-satellite-launched-amid-us-tensions-070924421.html

If Iran had bought the A-10 in sufficient numbers, they had been delivered and entered service, what, if any, impact would they have had on the course of the Iran-Iraq war? Chris

http://www.janes.com/article/75593/saudis-says-iranian-ballistic-missiles-launched-from-yemen

Defence Blog - Iran unveils new Kowsar advanced jet trainer Video: https://youtu.be/NjuzmKrgcWo https://youtu.be/NjuzmKrgcWo See also the topic "Iran unveils indigenous turbojet engine".

Article with photos: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/02/286841/iran-unveils-new-indigenous-fighter-jet/ I am genuinely amused by what I am looking at here (assuming the photographs show the actual aircraft; the article says it looks similar to an F-5, which doesn't match the black...

http://www.space.com/19490-iran-launches-monkey-into-space-report.html I'd make a joke, but NASA may become a joke pretty soon for all the priority it's given. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmEkWkT5Qc

new activity in Iran Space program this time a Monkey on suborbital fight of 120 km up and down. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21230691 now there is this news From Aerospace Research Institute of Iran, they declare Iran has plans to send human to outer space ...