전투기 이란, '또' 톰캣 개량하다

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지칠 줄을 모르는(!) 톰캣 개량입니다. 제목에 링크 걸렸습니다.

Iran upgrades U.S.-built fighter jets

Iran has overhauled and modernized its warplanes, including the "sophisticated" F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, an Iranian military official said on Tuesday.

Air Force Deputy Commander General Aziz Nasirzadeh said in an interview with the FNA news agency that indigenous radars and new engines were installed on F-14 Tomcat jets, developed in the 1970s.

He said that although most airplanes had "old designs," all of their components, "including systems and parts, are being optimized and upgraded on a regular basis."

He also said Iranian bombers were armed with "indigenous 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) smart bombs," Qassed (Messenger).

Iran's Air Force announced in September that it had successfully test-fired Qassed 1 and 2 bombs in aerial drills over the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

The Iranian fleet of Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft was bought from the United States during the reign of the last shah. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has been under a U.S. arms embargo.

The United States announced in January 2007 that sales of spare parts for F-14s would be suspended due to concerns that they could end up in Iran.

MOSCOW, April 20 (RIA Novosti)

[navydoc(유준안)]

톰캣 부품의 공식적인 지원이 끊긴지도 30년째인데 아직도 톰캣을 날리고 있는 이란 친구들의 근성도 대단합니다. 그나저나 새 엔진이라면 러시아제 률카 엔진이라도 얹은 걸까요?

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새 엔진이라는 것은 부품 일부를 복제생산한 TF30일 수도 있지 않을까요?