Posted on 11/19/22
| News Source: i24
Iranian-supplied Shahed suicide drones have enabled Russia to attack civilian and military targets
Russia reportedly signed an agreement with Tehran under which Iran will help it produce hundreds of kamikaze drones on its soil, according to information provided by Western intelligence agency officials to the Washington Post.
Russian and Iranian officials reportedly signed the agreement in early November at a meeting in Tehran. Since then, the two countries have made rapid progress in the process of transferring key designs and components that could allow production to begin within months, officials told the Washington Post.
“It is proceeding quickly from decision-making to implementation. It is moving fast, and it has a lot of steam,” one official told the American news site.
The three unnamed officials said that the deal, if fully implemented, would further deepen the Russian-Iranian alliance that has already provided crucial support to Moscow's failed military campaign in Ukraine.
Iranian-supplied Shahed suicide drones, along with other things, have enabled Russia to attack civilian and military targets and power infrastructure in Kyiv and elsewhere in recent months.