๐ฎ๐ท Iran's domestically built heavy fighter jet will begin taxi trials this year and take to the skies next year, says Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, confirmed today by parliament as Iran's new defense minister.
The aircraft was developed by the Defense Ministry's aviation industry specialists.
Who is Akhlaghi?
โก๏ธConfirmed today with 237 votes in favor, 15 against, filling the post left vacant since Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was assassinated in the US-Israeli strikes of February 28, which also killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
โก๏ธA 42-year veteran of the Defense Ministry with no military rank, a technocrat rather than a commander
โก๏ธHead of the Defense Industries Organization, Iran's state weapons manufacturer, since 2013, and former head of the Aerospace Industries Organization, the backbone of Iran's missile program
โก๏ธSanctioned by the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Switzerland and Japan for his work building Iran's missile capabilities
โก๏ธPledged to rebuild Iran's military-industrial base after the war, fast-track new defense technologies and bring private companies into arms production
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๐ฎ๐ท Iran's domestically built heavy fighter jet will begin taxi trials this year and take to the skies
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