WASHINGTON --- The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, a leading research group says. 
 

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander said: "Iran needs no permission from foreign countries" to test missiles. The US, Britain and France claim the tests flout restrictions on Tehran's military program. 
 

On November 27, 2018, Defence Blog reported that the Iranian Air Force is considering the procurement of the joint Pakistan-China fighter jet JF-17.[i] The report noted that importing new fighter jets would allow the Air Force to replace aging jets currently in service. 
 

State television says Iran has begun the mass production of a locally designed fighter jet.