Russia took delivery of the first batch of Iranian-made drones two weeks ago and reportedly ran into serious technical problems with the weapons while attempting to deploy them against Ukraine.
US intelligence agencies first began warning in July of the possibility of Russia purchasing armed drones from Iran. supported Satellite images show Russian authorities inspecting Iranian drones (UAVs) at an airport in southern Tehran.
While the Kremlin declined to comment on these reports, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected them
US officials in early August aforementioned Russian personnel are trained in Iran to pilot drones capable of launching precision-guided missiles.
According to information provided by on MondayThe first Russian transport aircraft loaded with Iranian drones and ammunition flew to the front line in Ukraine on 19 August. Hundreds more are expected to be sent in waves, as Russia seeks to erode Ukraine’s key advantage in unmanned weapons. Iranian technicians accompanied the deliveries to assist in the launch of the drones.
A government security official allied with the United States said the Russians were “not happy” after weeks of trying to deploy Iran’s Mohajer and Shahed attack drones and facing numerous technical problems.
“There are some errors in the system,” the official said dryly.
Iranian military drones (UAVs or unmanned aerial vehicles) at an underground base at an undisclosed location in Iran. (AFP)
The Russians, of course, remained silent about the problems they faced with Iranian technology, but Associated press (AP) reported “many disappointments”.
This was reported by military analysts. Iran’s drone manufacturing capabilities are “reliable” and Iranian equipment has done some damage at the hands of terrorist puppets like the Houthi rebels in Yemen, but Iranian systems have never managed world-class electronic jamming and anti-aircraft weapons.
An underground drone base in western Iran was shown here on state television in May. (AFP)
As Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said, Saudi and US forces have intercepted Iranian drones launched from Yemen, and the Ukrainians seem to be creating a “heavy environment” for UAVs imported from Russia.
In this photo released by the Iranian army on Thursday, August 25, 2022, an unmanned aerial vehicle is launched during a military exercise in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
If reliability issues are resolved, Iran’s flagship Shahed-129 – a design allegedly recycled from an American Predator drone that crashed in Iran a few years ago – is potentially capable of flying more and carrying more ammunition than the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone. He noted that he had Completed very good Against the invasion of Ukrainians by Russian troops Singing campfire songs about them.
Iranian officials declined to comment on reports of drone equipment failure, and the Kremlin said Tuesday. prisoner defines it as “information attacks”.
“Our relations with Iran are developing dynamically, as you know,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Associated press suggested Last week’s massive drone sale to Russia may be enough to finally slow the Biden administration’s spree to revive the Iran nuclear deal:
The reported delivery marks the latest sign of closer military cooperation between the longtime allies. [Iran and Russia].
It also underlines the warnings of critics of the ongoing negotiations for Iran to continue to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal, which the US withdrew in 2018. Relief is slowly advancing in return for reining in its nuclear program.
Opponents of the deal say lifting sanctions on Tehran could allow Russia to scale up its military operations in Ukraine and evade sanctions by transferring oil and other products through Iran after the February invasion.
At the very least, the Biden administration will be ashamed of pumping billions of dollars into Iran’s war machine, but Tehran will use some of the funds to build more drones to sell to Moscow so it can win the US government’s war against Ukraine. strongly condemned.
Iranians aforementioned Whatever concessions the Biden administration makes to them, they will not slow their march to nuclear power, so they are unlikely to approve of the US’s desperate demands to stop exports of unmanned weapons.
Source: Breitbart
