As covered yesterday, Iran proudly displayed its supposed new "stealth fighter," dubbed the Qaher F-313, or Conqueror-313. Since the unveiling of the plane, various reporters and defense experts have panned the aircraft as a fake.
John Reed over at Foreign Policy noted: " When I first looked at the plane Saturday morning, I could tell it was bogus. Look at the photos of the cockpit: there's barely any wiring. In fact, it looks like the Iranians dumped some rudimentary flight controls and an ejection seat into a shell molded in what they thought were stealthy angles."
Over the last several days, some interesting photos have been released that show various angles of the plane. Judge for yourself (comment below and let us know your thoughts):
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kevin roy
It is to small for any type of jet engine. Also there is not jet intakes in the front. for a fighter it has no apparent weapons systems.It also does not have any room for fuel. It barely has room to tuck in the landing gear.
ShadowAir Ltd.
Iran has more Jet Fighters with Stealth Technology. You can see its real photos here http://www.facebook.com/shadowairs
Chanakya
Iran and other enemies of the free world have only shadows and illusions to scare us with. Let us go forward and progress ourselves and our societies.
major lowen gil marquez
The Iranian fighter plane in that showroom is very immaterial and it is a lear indication of fake like the cinese communist, its paint were not simply ilumination it like you are painting a sand, the curbings of every sides were dumpy and was like a molded unfinished furniture bed….it is just more onpropaganda and it shows how to destroy theirown credibility, the plane was so small it seems the horse for competition racewasmore biiger enough….
Lauren Garza
Many years ago (about 1981) I sat over breakfast with John Williams from the Testor model airplane corporation and we sketched out on a napkin what we thought a stealth fighter would look like. i think someone from Iran stole the napkin. this is a joke, it looks like a toy airplane blown up. Just the size of the canopy should tell you. Not to mention the rough and beaded surface texture. I really don't know where to begin, except to say that about a billion people in that part of the world will believe it's true.
Ajay
I don't know if its stealth or not, but Iran claims to have flown it.
Youtube video : Iran Qaher (Conqueror) F-313 Stealth Fighter/Bomber First Flight [480p] – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYoz-WW1axk