Iran to buy 150 J-10 (Lavi?) Fighters from China..will have largest Air Force
What can a sudden $150bn cash infusion do for you?
A lot.
Oh and if you are good for irony, this is the Israeli designed Lavi Fighter. Some people think Israel sold the design to China for the J-10 NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Geostrat-Direct
Chinese fighter jet deal could make Iran top regional air power
Multiple sources in Russia and Israel have reported the near completion of one of the largest arms transactions in recent history.
Iran plans to buy 150 Chinese supersonic J-10 multi-role jet fighters, likely thanks to the soon-to-be unfrozen Iranian assets in the United States.
Iran is the second country after Pakistan that will receive Chinese J-10 fighters.
The estimated unit cost for the J-10 is about $28 million, which may make this Iranian-Chinese deal worth a whopping $4.2 billion.
The Chinese J-10 has been reported to be a hodgepodge of western technologies, but experts have proven that it is almost a replica of the Israeli jet fighter known as the Lavi, which the Israelis sold to the Chinese in the 1990s. The technology transfers were stopped by Washington subsequently on account of the fact that the Lavi incorporated some American avionics. The Iranians originally opted to buy a new fleet of fighters from Russia, but Moscow snubbed Teheran earlier this year by refusing to deliver the S-300 missiles purchased by Iran due to international sanctions on the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The J-10 is a single seat, all-weather modern jet, with a 340-mile combat radius, and a top speed of Mach 2.2. The only country outside of China that flies the J-10 is Pakistan, which bought some 3 dozen nearly ten years ago under President Pervez Musharraf. If and when the deal is completed, experts say Iran will have the strongest air force in the region.
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