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...
First images of an iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone/loitering munition in ukraine,tho interestingly now with the russian name Geranium-2,tho whether this is just a local in service renaming of a foreign procured weapons system,or evidence of actual licensed production in russia is unknown at...
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...
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
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".
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 ...
Gents,
Several months back, a rather interesting naval concept showed up on display in Iran. From the posters that are near the model, it is believed this vessel (which is currently named Khalij Fars or Persian Gulf) is a training vessel for the IRIN. The vessel class is sometimes referred to...
Hi,
First concept image of Iran's manned space capsule project as unveiled last month by the Iranian Space Agency in Naples, Italy, during the International Astronautical Congress. They had a booth and displayed a poster wherein the capsule image was exhibited.
Other 3D CGI images surfaced...
Back in 2010 Iran announced that it had cloned the Hawk system and called it Shahin and incorporated it in a system called Mersad that along with some primitive looking radars also incorporated a rather cool quad twin 23mm cannon system:
Then earlier this year they announced they were...
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The Mowj class Corvettes are Iran's first successful attempt as building medium-large surface combatants. It is clearly heavily based on the British Vosper Mark V Iran imported in the 70's, but with modifications made because of Iran's inability to import technology from abroad. These...
Iran has embarked on an extensive upgrading of its Semnan space centre, building a launch pad and tower similar in configuration to those used by North Korea. This is located 4-5 km northeast of the existing launch pad used by the Safir satellite launch vehicle
GoogleEarth imagery of the new...
I have been looking for information on this un-named Iranian Half-Track APC for sometime since reading about it in Jane's Armour & Artillery sometime in the 1990's. If anyone has a picture of it, my appreciation and thanks in advance...
Would Iran's space program count as a secret space project? It seems they were busy this weekend:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7566804.stm
Don't believe the headline here, it's actually the booster they launched:
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-203/0808188803140547.htm
Here's...
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