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10 Reasons Iran's New Jet Will Never Leave The Ground

Robert Johnson,David CenciottiFeb 4, 2013, 18:23 IST

The AviationistIran built up the release of their new domestically produced jet weeks in advance of its recent debut, but the unveiled fighter is drawing more mockery than the praise Tehran hoped for.

We previously outlined the jet's traits and how it could theoretically fill a gap in the country's favored military maneuvers; and here we lay out 10 reasons the plane Iran showed the world can't be what it claims.

(For a detailed analysis, check out The Aviationist.)

None of this means Tehran isn't building a fighter to do what this one's supposed to, but the one here could simply never fly.