图片说明：伊朗新式saegheh战斗机正式公开，这张9月6日公布的照片显示了伊朗本国专家设计制造的“闪电”战斗轰炸机。据伊朗国家电视台报道，这种飞机和美国的F-18战斗机类似，但威力更大。新华社/法新

    作者：鲁宾·詹森

    伊朗最近演习已经展示了国家的工业基础和工程劳动力能够发现他们自己解决他们的国家防卫需求，尽管将近三十年来自美国的备件禁运。

    在演习的时候，伊朗发展的“闪电”（Saeqeh）和伊朗空军（IRIAF） Northrop F-5编队展示飞行。伊朗设计和制造的飞机几乎是F-5的一个副本。它使用相同的J-85发动机当做它的动力但是双发飞机，机身上的倾斜垂尾类似波音F/A-18。

    甚至更好奇的发展是一张照片显示一架伊朗空军（IRIAF）McDonnell Douglas F-4发射一枚导弹外观上象俄国制造的Vympel R-33（AA-9），那些将需要已经对飞机的火控系统一些修改。F-4也携带看来似乎是一个Westinghouse ALQ-119或-131干扰吊舱。这些吊舱适合F-4E型号，在它的（前）政权被推翻之前177架被交付给伊朗空军。

    虽然“闪电”（Saeqeh）超过90%仿造F-5，位于德黑兰的伊朗的Malek Ashtar工程大学已经在被叫做Shafaq的战斗机设计上工作达数年之久。Billed被看做“完全伊朗”设计，这一个计划预先假借和俄国的一个教育交流。超过20名设计师以前在米高扬（Mikoyan）、苏霍伊（Sukhoi）和其它公司雇用被调动到德黑兰去发展飞机的平面图和完成全部的详细设计。

    Shafaq是一种亚音速飞机具有一个5,000公斤左右的空重，全长大约14米和翼展12米。它主要地被设计当做一种攻击机和被装备七个储存硬挂点-每个机翼下有三个和一个在飞机机身中线之下。它的动力将会使用一台Klimov RD-33发动机-不令人惊讶地相同的动力装置在米格-29上。

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Iran strives for self-sufficiency in conventional weapons

By Reuben Johnson

Recent exercises in Iran have shown that the country's industrial base and engineering workforce are capable of finding their own solutions to their nation's defence needs, despite the nearly three-decade embargo on spare parts from the US.

During the exercises, the Iranian-developed Saeqeh was displayed flying in active formation with IRIAF Northrop F-5s. The Iranian-designed and built aircraft is almost a carbon copy of the F-5. It uses the same J-85 engine as its propulsion system but has a twin, outwardly canted vertical tail similar to the Boeing F/A-18.

An even more curious development is a photo showing an IRIAF McDonnell-Douglas F-4 firing a missile that outwardly resembles the Russian-made Vympel R-33 (AA-9), which would also have required some modification to the aircraft's fire control system. The F-4 is also carrying what appears to be a Westinghouse ALQ-119 or -131 jamming pod. These pods were fitted for the F-4E model, 177 of which were delivered to the Shah's air force before his regime fell.

While the Saeqeh is a more than 90 per cent copy of the F-5, Iran's Malek Ashtar University of Technology in Tehran has been working for a number of years on a fighter design called the Shafaq. Billed as an "all Iranian" design, this project was advanced under the guise of being an educational exchange programme with Russia. More than 20 designers formerly employed at Mikoyan, Sukhoi and other companies were transferred to Tehran to develop the aircraft's planform and complete a full-up detailed design.

The Shafaq is a subsonic aircraft with an empty weight of around 5,000 kg, an overall length of about 14 m and a 12 m wingspan. It was designed primarily as an attack aircraft and is equipped with seven stores hardpoints - three beneath each wing and one beneath the aircraft's fuselage centreline. It will be powered by one Klimov RD-33 engine - not surprisingly the same powerplant that is in the MiG-29.

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