Russia Shares Ukraine War Drone Tactics with Iran to Target Gulf Defenses: CNN
Russia shares Ukraine war drone tactics with Iran, aiding Shahed drones in evading Gulf defenses and potentially threatening US and Gulf assets in West Asia.
- Western intelligence reports indicated Russia is sharing advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine with Iran, enabling Shahed drones to better penetrate Gulf air defenses and threaten U.S. assets, CNN reports.
- Russia previously used these evasion tactics against Ukraine in waves to elude air defenses, marking a shift from general intelligence sharing to providing specific tactical guidance.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Wednesday that drone experts will deploy to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to help regional allies counter Iranian attacks.
- U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff stated Tuesday that Russian officials denied sharing intelligence during a call with President Donald Trump, a position Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have accepted.
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Western intelligence sources have claimed Russia is sharing advanced drone tactics with Iran. This is according to a report by CNN, which says the information is helping the Iranian regime to launch its strikes against US military bases and Gulf nations. Moscow has previously denied claims that it’s providing intelligence to Iran.
Russia shares with Iran the advanced tactics of using drones to attack the targets of the US and the Gulf countries in the Middle East that have been tested in Ukraine, as reported by CNN with reference to a representative of Western intelligence. Shahed drones developed in Iran, but mass produced by Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, are suddenly effectively breaking the air defence systems of the countries of the Persian Gulf, and it h…
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