Iran has come to an agreement with the Chinese authorities to buy 24 j-10 fighter jets scheduled for 2008-2010. These jets uses the Israel’s Lavi fighter jet technology that has been sold to China.
The J-10 has a range of approximately 3 kilometers compared to Iran’s current MiG-29 that has only 2.1 kilometers. “Iran plans to use these new aircrafts for its defense of the Bushehr nuclear plan in case of any possible attack” said a Russian military expert.
These Israeli fighter jets were developed in the 1980s, but the project has been canceled following political pressure from the USA which viewed it as a competitive threat with its F-16.