M-ATF

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The M-ATF program was originally a project between Russia and Iran to produce a fourth+ generation fighter plane that would be excellent for third world nations who can't afford expensive mainstream fighters from Europe or the United States. The program was eventually abandoned by Russia and Iran, though now some evidence has become available that Iran has either revived the program or using it to advance its Shafaq program. It's believed that the program traces its roots to the Russian canceled Mikoyan Project LFI program, the aircraft was also referred to as the MiG-I-2000 or Vityaz2000. Whether this program has been revived by Iran is still unknown, but a model of the original aircraft was shown at a recent Iran Airshow 2005.

[edit] References

• http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_490.shtml

[edit] See also

• IAMI Shafaq

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