Iran produces modern combat aircraft

A senior Iranian Air Force commander announced on Sunday that the country is planning to build a new high-tech combat aircraft capable of tracing US and Israeli modern and stealth planes.

The commander of the Iranian Air Force, Colonel Houshang Monfaredzadeh, said that the Islamic Republic will manufacture an aircraft on the Saeqeh platform which will be equipped with fourth-generation (and even higher) avionics. He stressed that Iran is reaching such a level of expertise that it will soon be able to manufacture a totally different aircraft in terms of electronic, radar and avionic systems, as well as weaponry equipment.

According to Monfaredzadeh, the Saeqeh platform was not chosen by chance for developing new planes. "In all parts of the world it is the same, and they choose the platform of one of their aircraft and we have also selected Saeqeh for this purpose," he said.