Irans new stealth plane

[Olo]

Folks, zoom in on the cockpit controls, apparently the top speed is 250 knots. Hardly a threat to any modern fighter......

I saw a pic where someone broke down all the electronics in the cockpit. Apparently its chock-full of off the shelf commercial systems

[s_bushido]

So...is the canopy supposed to be that distorted? I thought letting the pilot see out of his vehicle was a good thing.

[Rocko9]

Folks, zoom in on the cockpit controls, apparently the top speed is 250 knots. Hardly a threat to any modern fighter......

For those who don't know, that's 287.7 mph or 463 kph

An F16 redlines at 800 or so, and that's 920.6 mph or 1481.6 kph

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

I wonder if it will have a different paint-job when it lands after its first successful mission...

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For those who don't know, that's 287.7 mph or 463 kph

To put that into context, thats slower than a WW2 British Spitfire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire

almost 100 miles an hour slower actually, Iran truly is having a laugh.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Well, the Spitfire is one of the greatest planes ever built, in my opinion. So of course it is better than Tehran secondary school's class project.

[Rocko9]

To put that into context, thats slower than a WW2 British Spitfire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire

almost 100 miles an hour slower actually, Iran truly is having a laugh.

P51 Mustangs were faster as well, I think they were in the mid 400's, in terms of mph.

[Olo]

For those who don't know, that's 287.7 mph or 463 kph

An F16 redlines at 800 or so, and that's 920.6 mph or 1481.6 kph

Psh. You cant compare this masterpiece to a shitty 4th generation plane.

F22: Maximum speed:
At altitude: Mach 2.25 (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h)
Supercruise: Mach 1.82 (1,220 mph, 1,963 km/h)

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P51 Mustangs were faster as well, I think they were in the mid 400's, in terms of mph.

Yeah, the latest model of Spitfire could reach 450 MPH, I was being generous to Iran and using an older model of Spitfire for comparison. Nobody could accuse me of being unfair.

[Rocko9]

Hell, the Flying Fortress went over 300 mph

[Mihalik]

I'm not here to dis Iran and all....but seriously.

If you can't build 4th generation Jet fighters I seriously doubt you could build a 5th generation one.

Russians are just rolling out their own 5th generation fighters and the Chinese are still playing catch up.

Both of these countries have INFINITLY more resources to conduct R+D and the Russians have shitfuckton load of engineering expertise (and probably helping along the Chinese).

I honestly doubt Iran just managed to pull out of it's rear end a functional 5th generation jet. Or even a prototype.

[PACOX]

This has been confirmed fact. The only country with a nuttier regime than Iran is North Korea.

[smelltheglove]

This has been confirmed fact. The only country with a nuttier regime than Iran is North Korea.

just wait till they release a "dream" video, lol

[Reg]

just wait till they release a "dream" video, lol

Maybe their rockets can meet in the sky and we can for Team Rocket.


Meowth, that's right!

[DEATHETERNAL]

I don't think even the Iranian people are stupid enough to buy into this even with it coming from their own government. Unless I'm wrong about that and they are that stupid, I really don't see the Iranian leadership’s purpose of making (bigger) fools of themselves with something like this.

[Deleted]

time to send Clint Eastwood in to steal that shit.

[SL1200]

We've had stealth technology for something like 35-40 years, so I'm sure we know how to detect stealth aircraft. The united states owns the world's skies. This plane if it's real makes no difference.

[Rustedsaint]

Anyone else think Iran is just trolling the world?
kinda reminds me of a glider plane(not sure of the correct term)

[Jaggid]

Well children were used in Vietnam... Maybe super secret genetically engineered super children?

[Noomz]

That is the tiniest stealth plane I've ever seen. It looks like a hollow model.