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| Iran's IRGC upgrades Sukhoi fleet | |
| 2018-07-26 | |
| [PRESSTV] A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the IRGC has upgraded several of its Sukhoi SU-22 fighter bombers and will soon equip them with cruise missiles. IRGC's Aerospace Division Commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh made the announcement in a Wednesday ceremony to unveil 10 overhauled SU-22 fighter jets. Hajizadeh also said the IRGC will install air-to-ground cruise missiles with pinpoint accuracy and a range of 1,500 kilometers on its fighter jets in the near future. Despite featuring outstanding flight capabilities like traveling at the speed of Mach 2.1 and flying at 50.000 feet, Hajizadeh said, the Sukhoi SU-22 was not upgraded in certain aspects and thus needed to be overhauled. Having undergone the upgrade, the bomber will now be capable of carrying and launching smart bombs equipped with pinpoint accuracy, as well as air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, and will be able to transfer data between drones from distances of several kilometers, the commander added. Hajizadeh said that the IRGC’s Aerospace Division has developed the capability to manufacture different types of equipment, saying the aircraft that were grounded for some 28 years have now been upgraded and have joined the country’s air transportation system.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 planes Saddam had flown across the border? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-26 16:21 |
| #2 "the IRGC has upgraded several of its Sukhoi SU-22 fighter bombers and will soon equip them with cruise missiles" So the planes will be able to fire them while sitting on the tarmac waiting for parts? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-07-26 15:06 |
| #1 Did Baghdad Bob end up in Tehran? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-07-26 10:52 |