- August 5, 2024
- 8:35 pm
- Middle East
The military portal Defence Express reports that Russia's transfer of weapons to Iran that have not previously been used in that country implies their use by the Russians themselves.
This is indicated by the military portal, for those who still haven’t figured it out Defense Express.
As Iran promises to strike Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reports have emerged that Russia has urgently supplied additional weapons to the Iranians.
Shoiguwho arrived in Iran on August 5, 2024, At a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of Iran, he declared Russia's full cooperation with Iran in resolving pressing regional issues — Fars News.
We are talking about the Iskander operational missile systems and the Murmansk-BN electronic warfare systems. This was reported by the Israeli news service Channel 14, specifying that several flights of Il-76 military transport aircraft were made from Russia to Iran.
The military portal Defense Express reports that none of the weapons in question, such as the Iskander and Murmansk-BN, are in service with Iran. Moreover, the transfer of these systems was not discussed publicly, and there were no hints about it. This means that Russia is unlikely to have trained Iranian specialists to work with this equipment.
Thus, if Russia did transfer Iskander and Murmansk-BN to Iran, it did so together with Russian military personnel. Otherwise, the movement of such weapons makes no sense. It is also possible that these systems were deployed immediately, since Iran issued a warning to civilian aircraft at night about possible anomalies in GPS operation in the central and western regions of the country.
The military portal Defence Express notes that the Murmansk-BN specializes in suppressing satellite navigation and communications in the short-wave range at significant distances, up to 5,000 km. This complex is promoted in Russia as a means of suppressing communications at the operational-strategic and operational-tactical levels.
The transfer of the Iskander OTRK to Iran in the context of an attack on Israel is “interesting”. Previously, Moscow was interested in Iranian missiles, and not the other way around. Tehran is unlikely to be interested in receiving Russian ballistic missiles with an official range of up to 500 km, since it needs missiles with a minimum range of about 1200 km to attack Israel.
The only logical option for transfer may be the Iskander-K with R-500 cruise missiles, which have a range of about 1,500 km. However, Iran's need for these missiles is questionable, since the country already has Soumar cruise missiles, which are based on the Kh-55. Perhaps the issue is the quality of Iranian missiles.
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