Saeqeh Fighter

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Iranian built and designed Saeqeh jetfighter joins the Air Force.

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[Toddinfantry]

@The13thbronzman It basically is. It is based on the F-5 which is based on the T-38 jet trainer. It is not a relevant piece of military hardware against anything but third world countries.

[lSaif]

@Toddinfantry Thats not true at all, its based on the Northrop F-20 Tigershark which has similar capabilities of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.

So its a pretty modern and a well developed aircraft.

[MrHelmyabdullah]

the Iranian ability to even built and successfully tested their very own jet fighter is itself , a great achievement . Even my country Malaysia couldn't afford to build our own F-5 jets that we still have in our air force's inventories . We so far manage to build micro-light plane for civilian/training use only . So , Iran's achievement is impressive !

[jonrockey2002]

Didn't I see F-14 Tomcats shoot these down in Top Gun?!?!......Well, F-5's were used, but same diff

[EduEnYT]

"Iran has become one of the few countries with the ability to design and build advanced fighter jets" ....uhh... negative. Iran has learned to use welding torches.

[tommiatkins]

Oh Crap. Oh, thats it. Imperialist Americans with your F22's and F35's? You better watch out. how on earth can your machines compare against this flying scimitar of Allahs Justice? You may have fighters that can engage a dozen targets at 90 miles and hit with 80% accuracy whilst remaining undetected. BUT! Iran has a 1950's era F-5Tiger with a extra tail stuck on. This shifts Irans airforce from a clapped out early 70's untrained shambles to a 1950's clapped out untrained shambles with two fins

[BigMrSox]

I don't think Iran ever intended to use this as a front line jet. I think the main reason for it is to replace the Iranian F-5A's that are falling apart. Since Iran can't buy spares to upgrade and repair their F-5 fleet they simply had to make something indigenous.

But give them a few years and Iran may be able to design and manufacture a fairly advanced indigenous aircraft on their own.

You have to crawl before you can walk, and designing a front line fighter isn't easy or cheap.

[rbeck3200tb40]

This Iranian Saeqeh Fighter is a direct blatant copy of an American F-5 fighter built by Northop corporation in Glandale Calironia in the early 1970s.The Air Force tested it and did not approve the design which had an increadibly short range no fuel capacity ,a low magazine capacity for the gun. it is subsonic very slow, and can only carry 500 pounds of weapons under each wing a very poor design for a modern fighter. it has no ECM capabilities whatsoever. This is an piece of 3rd world garbage

[driveby14000]

good luck fighting the f-15 SE

[thewizardofaz]

That's ann old US F-5 light fighter with a new tail tacked on. Northrop tried to sell a version to US govt, but they didn't want it.