Jan 31 2009
Iran Tests Prototype Stealth Fighter
Reports from the Islamic Republic News Agency said that the prototype of the first Iranian Air Force fighter jet that has the ability to evade radar. The newly designed jet was tested on Friday.
Commander Brigadier General Pilot Hassan Shahsafi said, “In line with Supreme Leader’s nomination of the current Iranian year as the Year for Innovations and Blossoming, we successfully passed the last stage of our first radar evading fighter jet, and are testing a new air-to-air missile to be mounted on it.”
The Iranian Air Force introduced the thermal air-to-air missile to reporters the same day. The range of the missile is 100 kilometers and has the ability to follow an enemy-launched missile.
The official position of the Iranian military is to adopt measures to deal with modern warfare. Most of the country’s leaders point to the importance of countering an invasion by another nation, specifically the U.S.
