In the face of the confrontation between the United States and Iran on all fronts,
what Iran lacks the most is weapons, and the most shortage of weapons is fighter jets.
Iran has not imported any weapons for 13 years.
In March 2007, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1747,
starting an arms embargo on Iran. According to the resolution,
no country can sell weapons to Iran. In order to deal with the crisis,
Iran has embarked on a road of independent research and development, but with little success.
Relying on Iran’s military infrastructure and research level,
the road of independent innovation is not easy.
According to the embargo agreement in 2007, the arms embargo will expire in October 2020.
That is to say, Iran will soon "lift the embargo and come back". After the embargo period expires,
13 years of demand for arms purchases have been accumulated.
After the blowout, Iran plans to spend huge sums of money to purchase weapons from other countries.
Because the relationship between the United States and Iran has deteriorated
and NATO is also on the side of the United States, Iran has little choice in purchasing weapons.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Iranian Air Force is very interested in
Chinese and Russian fighter jets and has a strong desire to buy them. The best choice for Iran is
Russian fighters. Among them, the Su-30, Su-27, and MiG35 fighters are the most optimistic about
the Iranian Air Force. The Fierce Dragon or J-10C fighters are inexpensive and cost-effective.
The Iranian Air Force has also shown strong interest. In fact, before the ban, the Iranian Air
Force had many Russian-standard fighters. Among them, the MiG-29 was once Iran’s ace fighter.
Therefore, if Iran buys Russian fighters, the Iranian Air Force fighter pilots will be skilled,
get started quickly, and integrate into the system relatively quickly.
The Russian MiG-35 fighter is a veteran fighter with stable quality and great lethality among
Russian aerial weapons. Its electronic scanning phased array radar has excellent performance,
and its mounted air-to-air missiles are also very lethal.
After the Iranian Air Force is equipped, it will greatly strengthen its air power.
In the Syrian battlefield, Israel dispatched F-16 fighter jets to fight beyond the visual range,
bombing and attacking Iranian military bases around Damascus. This has become a normal state
of war. In this regard, the Iranian military has been silent because Iran does not have enough.
The strength of the country is against Israel, and there is no air force to fight against
Israel’s F-16. After the United States ordered the decapitation of the Iranian No. 2 Soleimani,
Iran’s retaliatory action could only be a symbolic missile launch. The
also cannot dispatch fighter jets to retaliate. There is no other reason.
The Iranian Air Force cannot form an effective combat force and can only be passively beaten.
Therefore, the biggest criterion for Iran's purchase of fighter jets is to be able to
confront the U.S. and Israeli fighter jets in the air to protect Iran’s airspace.
Able to counter the Israeli Air Force. The United States is actually very nervous about this.
On February 28, U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo claimed
that the UN’s arms embargo on Iran will soon expire,
and the United States should immediately urge the UN Security Council to make a resolution to extend
the time of the Iran’s arms embargo so that the Iranian arms embargo agreement remains effective.
Continue to block the introduction of Iranian weapons. In this regard, Russia is tit-for-tat.
Lavrov said that the situation in the Persian Gulf was caused unilaterally by the United States
and that the United States did not abide by the Iran nuclear agreement. The relevant U.S.
remarks were illogical and implied that Russia opposed the extension of sanctions against Iran.
Obviously, Russia really wants to export to Iranian fighter jets.
What Iran lacks is not money, but policy. As long as the policy is liberalized,
Iran will spend huge sums of money to buy from Russia. Russia can make a lot of money.
The most important thing is, The Iranian Air Force armed with the
MiG-35 will cause a major deterrent to Israel and the United States,
which is in the national interest of Russia. Follow this number to learn more.
In 2016, Iran will not need additional air defense systems after getting from Russia
the S-300 anti-aircraft missile defense systems and commissioning Iran’s similar system Bavar
(Belief) 373. Therefore, Iran's Ministry of Defense intends to
focus on negotiations with Russia on the purchase of the Sukhoi aircraft,
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan told Iran’s TV on Sunday evening.
"We don’t need other long-range air defense systems, (in addition to the S-300 and Bavar-373),
we no longer plan to purchase them.
Therefore, the Iranian Defense Ministry’s agenda includes consultations with Russia on
the purchase of Sukhoi aircraft. We need to strengthen our Air Force," he said.
According to him, complex tests of the Bavar-373 air defense
missile system will be held in the near future.
"At the request of the President (of Iran Hassan Rouhani), the first test will be intercepting a
ballistic missile. If the tests prove successful, the system will go into serial production,
and its combat deployment will begin before the end of the year", the minister said.
On Sunday, Tehran hosted an exhibition of achievements of the Iranian defense industry.
The exhibition for the first time presented to the general public the Bavar 373 system,
which, according to Iranian sources, is an analogue of Russia’s S-300,
as well as Iran’s first national turbojet engine that has been named Owj.