Iran to Unveil New Home-Made Fighter Jet Tomorrow
15:06 | 2013-02-01
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to unveil its new home-made fighter jet in an
official ceremony due to be held tomorrow.
The Iranian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil the second indigenized Iranian jet
fighter named ‘Qaher 313’ on Saturday.
Last week, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi had
announced that his ministry would display several defense achievements
in the next few days.
The new achievements will be unveiled during the Ten-Day Dawn
ceremonies from January 31 to February 10, celebrating the victory of
the Islamic Revolution back in 1979.
The Iranian defense minister announced at the time that Iran would
unveil the latest home-made fighter jet in the coming days, and said,
“The aircraft will be different from the other fighter jets Iran has
already made.”
Iran has also taken wide strides in designing and manufacturing
different types of light, semi-heavy and heavy weapons, military tools
and equipment. Tehran launched an arms development program during the
1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons
embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored
personnel carriers, missiles and fighter planes.
Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country’s
military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be
perceived as a threat to any other country.