Russia really wants to buy Iranian drones?Why is the United States nervous?

[Global Times Special Reporter Chen Shan] Salvin, assistant to the US President's National Security Affairs, declared on the 16th that the Russian delegation went to the Katan Air Force Base in central Iran to inspect the Iranian drone within a month. This is the second time the United States issued a warning of "Russia to purchase Iranian drones" in a week. As an aviation power, does Russia really need out -of -purchase drones? What is the level of Iran's drone?

Iran's most advanced "bow and arrow-22" drone

The United States issued two consecutive warnings within a week

The "Star Banner Banner" with the background of the Pentagon said on the 16th that the information obtained by the United States showed that the Russian delegation visited the Iranian Katan Air Force Base twice in a row and "inspecting the drone to consider purchasing for the conflict of Russia and Ukraine."

It is reported that the Iranian military showed a variety of drones to Russia at the Kaishang Base on June 8 and July 5th, including the model that could be performed on the ground, indicating that Russia continued to purchase these drones. interested". Satellite images released by the White House released by the United States Cable TV News Network shows that the "attack ability" Iranian drone is flying near the Kashang base, and the transport aircraft by the Russian delegation stops at the airport. "The display of Iran's drone occurred during the first visit to the Russian delegation to visit Kaoshang Air Force Base."

It is worth noting that this is the second time that the United States has warned Russia to purchase Iranian drones. Saravin announced on the 11th that Iran is preparing to provide Russia with a "hundreds of hundreds" drones, including models that can launch missiles. He also said that Iran will train Russian soldiers to manipulate these drones so that they will appear in Russia and Ukraine as soon as this month. The Star Banner said that the US government believes that Russia has obviously shifted to Iran to help supplement its drone inventory. "But it is unclear whether these drones are effective in Russia and Ukraine's conflict."

Both Russia and Ukraine had denied reports. When Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahiyan called Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kulba on the 15th, he refuted that "these reports have no basis." He said Tehran opposed "any action that caused conflict upgrades." Coleba did not mention the allegations of "Iran provided drones to Russia", but he said that "I have told Iranian Foreign Minister that‘ Russia must not get any military assistance from anyone ’.”

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov responded to the US media report that Russian President Putin did not discuss the problem of buying drones during his visit to De Helan. Russian military expert Vasili Kishan believes that US officials say that Iran will supply drones to Moscow is based on incorrect assessment and hype. He said that these comments reflect "the incorrect evaluation of the potential of the Russian military industry in the Western intelligence agency, and believes that Russia will not maintain long -term military conflicts from the perspective of weapons reserves." Kashen also counterattacked that the Russian army found that the Ukraine was in Russia and Ukraine in Russia and Ukraine. In the conflict, Iranian weapons were used. "They are the weapons provided by Iran's armed forces in Yemen, and they are transferred to Ukraine after being intercepted by the US Navy.

Iran's drone strength cannot be underestimated

After the news of "Russia intends to purchase drones from Ukraine", the topic of the outside world is most interested in: What is the level of Iran's drone?

The "Star Banner" quoted US military experts saying that "after decades of development and the experience of the Middle East agent war, Iran already has the world's most advanced drone technology."

This statement of the US media may be exaggerated, but it is undeniable that Iran does have uniqueness in the development and use of drones. As early as the Iraqi War in the 1980s, Iran began to develop reconnaissance use drones and put it into use in the later period of war. Since then, Iran has gradually established a completed drone development and production system. At the same time, the US -made "predator" series of drones frequently crashed in Iraq's anti -terrorism war. It also given Iran's opportunity to get close contact with the wreckage of the top drone at the time, thereby digesting and absorbing advanced Western technologies.

At present, Iran has been equipped with multiple series of drones. There are both small suicide drones and large and medium -sized inspections. On May 28 this year, Iran first disclosed the 313 underground drone base. The base, as the first UAV -specific underground combat facility in Iran, stored hundreds of large and medium -sized drones. The most advanced "bow and arrow-22" shape and size are very similar to the American "predator" drone. It can carry air-to-ground missiles, laser guidance bombs and electronic interference pods. According to Iranian official data, the drone has a battery life of more than 24 hours and a range of 3,000 kilometers.

In addition to the large number and quantities of the equipment, Iran has accumulated rich experience in the use of drones. When the U.S. Navy moved near the Strait of Holmus, it was frequently "onlookers" by the Iranian drone group. In recent years, Yemen Hussean armed use of the drone provided by Iran has also successfully broke through the interception of Saudi Arabia's air defense system and launched an attack on Saudi oil facilities. More importantly, Iran has mastered the method of dealing with drones in practice, and has captured the US RQ-170 "sentinel" invisible drone and MQ-9 "Death" drone with electronic warfare. Come to further promote the development of Iran's drone technology.

It is worth noting that Iran also announced the establishment of the first naval drone forces on the 15th. In addition to the equipment used for reconnaissance, combat and other drones, it was also equipped with multi -type ships and submarines used to carry drones. Why is the United States nervous "Russia for buying drones"

After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine's conflict, drones played an important role on the battlefield, especially the "flag bearer" TB2 drone made by the Ukraine using the "flag bearer" TB2 drone made of Turkey destroyed a large number of important goals of the Russian army. In contrast, although the Russian army, which has long ignored the development of drones for a long time, has also invested in drones such as "Sea Eagle-10" and "Orion", but the results obtained are relatively limited.

In this context, Russia's attitude towards the introduction of Iranian drones is very subtle. Russian drone expert Dennis Fisino said, "Russia should not ignore imported drones from Iran, it will help solve the problem of establishing drone systems in our troops as soon as possible." Russia's world economy and "Even if Iranian drone proves that it is not the best in terms of performance, Russia also needs them. Because Iran also needs them. Because Iran has the ability to produce drones in batches and they have experienced the battlefield Test. We also need more drones. In fact, drones have become consumable equipment in Russia and Ukraine's conflict. The more we have, the better. "

In addition, according to Western intelligence agencies, Russia's active drones have adopted a large number of Western components and chips. Under the current severe Western sanctions, the Russian army continues to produce drones to supplement the battlefield loss in the short term. Under the long -term sanctions of Iran, Iran has achieved complete nationalization of drones. From this perspective, Iran provides Russia with drones to do nothing at all.

The U.S. military mentioned in the relevant summary report that the Russian -UPC conflict has changed the traditional view of "drones are not suitable for high -intensity modern war". Especially those small and medium -sized low -altitude slow -speed drones are difficult to be discovered in time by air defense systems. Considering that the current Ukrainian army is far inferior to the Russian army in the battlefield air defense capabilities, the front line forces are only equipped with single -soldier air defense missiles such as "poisoning", which is extremely limited to the detection and strike capacity of drones. If the Russian army is true, as Sarawon said, "it is supplemented by hundreds of Iranian drones", it will obviously seriously affect the balance of combat power of Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, with the current advanced artillery of Western assistance, the Ukraine can rush to achieve the "fast withdrawal" before the Russian army responds. Once the Russian army obtains a long stagnation time and a large search radius, the battlefield survival capacity of the Black Army's self -propelled artillery will be greatly reduced.

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