Iran's new fighter

[Aeson]

Why would there need to be?

(I'm going to ignore that you meant this in the wrong way)

[Aeson]

even I can tell that Iranian plane is ridiculous, the pilot is so far forward he is like a human missile...oh, wait...

(no qualifications)

[Alexander's Horse]

maybe the pilot straps on a suicide vest and fills his pockets with anthrax

[Sava]

If they were model making hobbyists, I would say that's a decent mockup of an F35 or F22's shape. However, there are too many curves and offset lines to make that an efficient planned form design. Any radar operator who hasn't passed out on their console would easily identify the return. Even American stealth fighters can be detected by higher resolution systems. Sure, the signatures are smaller. But it's easy for a trained individual or a computer program to figure out the difference between the bird-sized objects moving at supersonic speeds and the actual birds.

Given the appropriate input, a raspberry pi could do the job.

[The Mad Monk]

Nah the North Koreans got some MiG-29's from Russia.

Kim poses with the Pilot and the nine guys who push it along.

[Dinner]

That Mig really does look like they just used a household paint on it.

[Dr Strangelove]

Well if it's non-functional then Ahmadinejad is perfectly correct when he proclaims that it's no threat to anyone.

BTW, how are the F22 and F35 coming along?

[Docfeelgood]

F-22 was canceled

[Hauldren Collider]

Well if it's non-functional then Ahmadinejad is perfectly correct when he proclaims that it's no threat to anyone.

BTW, how are the F22 and F35 coming along?

The F-35 is now in trials and should be ready to deploy in a couple of years on the outside, and the F-22 has been in active service since 2005.