Russia is considering supplying Iran with fiber-optic FPV drones to bolster its military capabilities.
This is reported by The Economist, citing a classified Russian document.
According to the publication, this involves specific military aid, which may include the transfer of technologies and unmanned systems already in use by Russian forces.
One of the key areas cited is fiber-optic FPV drones, which are less vulnerable to electronic warfare due to the absence of a radio control channel.
Such systems are actively used by Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, particularly for precision strikes in complex conditions of electronic warfare.
In the Middle East, pro-Iranian groups have already used similar drones to attack US facilities in Iraq.
In particular, they used FPV drones to strike the US Victory Base.
Initially, they hit a hangar there, and later an HH-60M medical evacuation helicopter and an AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar were struck.
Another similar drone struck the latest Giraffe 1X radar on the roof of the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Against this backdrop, the potential transfer of such technologies to Iran could enhance the capabilities of both Tehran itself and its affiliated armed groups in the region.
Iran and Russia already have close military-technical cooperation, particularly following the transfer of Shahed-family strike drones to Moscow.
If The Economist’s report is confirmed, Moscow could effectively begin transferring one of the most cutting-edge tactical technologies of the modern battlefield to its Middle Eastern partners.
