Russia could receive Iran's technologies to increase strikes on Ukraine - Defense Express

Ivan Kyrychevskyi, a military expert at Defense Express, told about this on the Espreso TV channel.

‘When the US Treasury Department announced a package of sanctions against certain Iranian entities, it included one of the Iranian design bureaus for transferring technology on engines for subsonic cruise missiles to the Russians. This is a more dangerous situation.

At first glance, it may seem that the Russians do not need Iranian engine technology for subsonic cruise missiles. But if you look at Russia's main long-range missiles, such as the Kalibr and the Kh-101, they use the same type of engine, the TRDD-50, with different modifications for different types of missiles,’ he said.

This means that Russia's ability to produce long-range subsonic cruise missiles is limited by its ability to produce engines, Kyrychevskyi added: ‘In order to produce more engines for missiles, they need to make production simpler and more primitive. Especially since we are talking about power units that have to work once in their life during flight. Perhaps the Russians could get technologies like these engines for subsonic cruise missiles from Iran to make them simpler and more mass-produced, so they could have more of their own missiles to strike Ukraine.’

Summing up, the military expert noted that in the case of the missile symbiosis between Russia and Iran, more emphasis should be placed on the fact that Iran is too generous in sharing missile technology with the Russians, stimulating the Russian missile programme.

‘This may be a more significant and dangerous factor for us in future attacks than what types of ballistic missiles Iran may supply to Russia,’ he concluded.

Iran's missiles in Russia

On September 9, the European Union received information from its allies that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Russia for the war against Ukraine.

On September 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summons Iran's Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine, Shahryar Amouzegar, to appear before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over reports of a possible supply of missiles to Russia.

On September 10, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that ballistic missiles from Iran had arrived in Russia and that they were likely to be used in the war against Ukraine within weeks.

The United States announced new sanctions against Russia and Iran in response to Tehran's supply of ballistic missiles to Moscow.