Ukraine war: what new missiles is Iran providing to Russia and what difference will they make?

By Daniel Salisbury, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London

It has been reported that Iran is preparing to transfer short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for use against targets in Ukraine, allegedly as part of a shipment of 1,000 additional weapons of unspecified type. Iran has allegedly already transferred a number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia. Many of these drones have been used in Ukraine, although the Islamic Republic has…

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