How the Iranian Shahed Drone Transformed War—With China’s Help
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Chinese companies have been supplying components for Iranian and Russian Shaheeds for a long time and now use their details in new Russian jet drones.
Beijing plays a key role in this process. The new jet versions of the Shaheds, which Russia uses for massive attacks on Ukraine, are capable of accelerating to 500 km/h. This is about three times faster than previous versions of drones. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to The Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, the emergence of new reactive Shaheds was made possible largely due to China. Chinese companies supplied eng…
The proliferation of cheap drones has been made possible by a complex supply chain that owes a lot to China
Widespread access to cheap Shahed attack drones has been made possible by complex supply chains that lead directly to China, the Wall Street Journal reported.
China supplies Russia with components and technology that help it improve shaheeds, including making them faster and more difficult to intercept.
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