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A handout picture released by the Iranian Presidency on August 21, 2018, shows President Hassan Rouhani (L) waving to pilots sitting in the cockpit of the “Kowsar” domestic fighter jet, at the National Defence Industry exhibition in the capital Tehran. Photo: HO / Iranian Presidency / AFP

 

Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet on Tuesday, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting that Tehran’s military strength was only designed to deter enemies and create “lasting peace”.

Images on state television showed Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new “Kowsar” fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran.

State media said it had “advanced avionics” and multi-purpose radar, and that it was “100-percent indigenously made” for the first time.

Footage of the Kowsar’s test flights was circulated by various official media.

But live footage of the plane taxiing along a runway at the defence show was cut before it could take…



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