Iran Shows Off New Fighter Jet
From Correspondents In Tehran
September 20, 2007 11:37pm
News.Com.Au
IRAN today unveiled a new home-grown fighter jet amid growing tensions with the United States, saying the plane could "blind the eyes" of its enemies.
State television showed pictures of two “Saegheh” (Thunder) fighters - said by Iran to be similar to the American F-18 - taking off in tandem and then landing for a ceremony at Tehran's Mehrabad airport.
“This fighter plane has been researched, designed and built with indigenous means and this new generation of fighter plane is entering industrial production,” Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
“Our forces like a thunderbolt will blind the eyes of the enemies of our land,” he added. “And in the battlefield of defending our land, just like a thunderbolt, they will set ablaze the enemies' camp.”
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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