{"id":1458651,"date":"2024-02-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1458651"},"modified":"2024-02-22T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:00:00","slug":"iran-sends-russia-hundreds-of-ballistic-missiles-washington-powerless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/iran-sends-russia-hundreds-of-ballistic-missiles-washington-powerless\/1458651\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Sends Russia Hundreds Of Ballistic Missiles, Washington Powerless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran Sends Russia Hundreds Of Ballistic Missiles, Washington Powerless<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back in early 2022 just weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western officials began raising suspicions that the Islamic Republic of Iran was supplying arms, and especially kamikaze drones, to Moscow for use on the Ukrainian battlefield. This proved true, and allegations of Tehran supplying ballistic missiles soon followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, just days away from the grim two-year mark of the start of the major war, there are fresh reports of a dramatic escalation in Iran’s military supply pipeline to Russia. Reuters reports Wednesday that Tehran has provided Moscow with a “large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Image: EurAsian Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The report alleged an estimated 400 missiles, mostly from the\u00a0Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, have been provided. These are mobile-launched and have a range of up to 435 miles.<\/p>\n

“The shipments began in early January after a deal was finalized in meetings late last year between Iranian and Russian military and security officials that took place in Tehran and Moscow, one of the Iranian sources say,” according<\/a> the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be more shipments,\u201d one Iranian official has boasted. “There is no reason to hide it. We are allowed to export weapons to any country that we wish to.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting last fall, the US administration began getting creative on ways it could retaliate against Iran. The Pentagon at that time announced that it was sending seized shipments of illicit Iranian arms (usually intercepted in waters off the Arabian peninsula) to Ukraine’s armed forces.<\/p>\n

“The US will transfer\u00a0thousands of\u00a0seized Iranian weapons\u00a0and rounds of ammunition to Ukraine<\/strong>, in a move that could help\u00a0to alleviate some of the critical shortages\u00a0<\/strong>facing the Ukrainian military as it\u00a0awaits more money and equipment\u00a0from the US and its allies,” US officials said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

In the below brief analysis, the hawkish think tank\u00a0The Foundation for Defense of Democracies<\/a>\u00a0(FDD) had hailed this Biden policy as one which\u00a0“turns the tables”\u00a0<\/strong>on both Tehran and Moscow…<\/p>\n

The U.S. transfer of Iranian arms to Ukraine\u00a0turns the tables<\/a>\u00a0on both Tehran and Moscow, which have doubled down on their defense partnership following Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Tehran\u00a0provides<\/a>\u00a0drones to Moscow and helps the Russians localize their production. In March 2023, Iran\u00a0agreed<\/a>\u00a0to purchase 24 advanced Sukhoi Su-35 fighters from Russia, significantly upgrading the capabilities of the Islamic Republic\u2019s air force. In\u00a02019<\/a>,\u00a02021<\/a>,\u00a02022<\/a>, and\u00a02023<\/a>, Russia and Iran conducted joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman. Russia and Iran are also\u00a0sharing intelligence<\/a>\u00a0and cooperating in a\u00a0joint effort<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0push<\/a>\u00a0U.S. military forces out of the region.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this way there are now Iranian arms on ‘both’ sides of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. However, hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles on the Russian side means it won’t run low on missiles anytime soon.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian side, meanwhile, is still hurting for more arms and manpower, as it’s being beaten back from frontline positions, especially in the east and with the latest loss at\u00a0Avdiivka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 02\/21\/2024 – 22:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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