Iran’s provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said. This road-mobile missile is capable of striking targets at a distance of between 300 and 700 km (186 and 435 miles), experts say.

Iran’s defence ministry and the Revolutionary Guards - an elite force that oversees Iran’s ballistic missile programme - declined to comment. Russia’s defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The shipments began in early January after a deal was finalised in meetings late last year between Iranian and Russian military and security officials that took place in Tehran and Moscow, one of the Iranian sources said.

  • Thief_of_Crows@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Literally just don’t let them do that. America and Europe together would have no issue repelling that at all. We have no reason to think they would do that either, aside from our own projection of course. This current demand is reasonable enough that we should be willing to wage peace over it. Further demands would not be. America is so concerned with winning (ironic considering I don’t think we actually have won a war since 1945), that we seem to have forgotten the lesson of WW1: Dont let the losers lose too hard. America needs a somewhat strong Russia anyway, as a check on China.

    Russia is capable of taking Crimea by force. They also really, really want it. The smart thing to do would be for the west to concede this war as early as possible. The boneheaded thing would be for us to hand over trillions to weapons manufacturers over the next 10 years, while Americans continue to die of preventable illnesses because we “can’t afford” Medicare for all (even thoigh its the cheaper option). But obviously, because that is what the capitalists want to happen, it will probably happen.

    • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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      9 months ago

      Oh the old kremlins whataboutism, wtf does medcare in the USA has yo do with it all. Sprinkled with “as an american”…

      Nice try russ-bot.

      • Thief_of_Crows@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        Why are y’all constantly so delusional that you can’t even comprehend an American who understands any small part of global politics?

        If we spend trillions fighting Russia in a cold war, we won’t have the money to fix any of the many real problems we have, most important of which is our goddawful healthcare system that kills thousands of Americans every month. The estimate is 50-100,000 preventable deaths, every single year.

        Take some goddamn pride in your country and help us fix it. You’re just a crab in a bucket of boiling water, ensuring no other crabs escape if you can’t.