Iran is preparing to supply Russia with ballistic missiles

European intelligence believes that Iran may soon supply Russia with "hundreds" of short-range ballistic missiles, the use of which is already being mastered by the Russian military.

This became known to Reuters.

Sources in European intelligence told Reuters that Russian representatives agreed with Tehran in December 2023 to supply Fath-360 ballistic missiles and a ballistic missile system called Abibal.

According to intelligence reports, Russian personnel visited Iran to learn how to operate the Fath-360, a system that launches ballistic missiles with a maximum range of 120 kilometers and a 150-kilogram warhead.

One of the sources told Reuters that the "only next possible" step after the training would be the actual delivery of missiles to Russia. Neither the source nor the second interlocutor could specify when this would happen.

Author - Olena Madiak, 10/08/2024