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   Iran Has Begun Training Russia to Use Its Advanced Drones, U.S. Says   
   By Dion Nissenbaum, Aug. 10, 2022, WSJ   
      
   Last month, the U.S. released unclassified images the White House said showed   
   Russian officials visiting an Iranian military drone base. The U.S. said Iran   
   showed the Russian delegation two different kinds of drones that could be used   
   in Ukraine: the    
   Shahed-129, a Predator-style drone that can fly more than 1,000 miles with   
   missiles, and the Shahed-191, a flying-wing drone capable of carrying missiles   
   for about 300 miles.   
      
   Both drones would provide Moscow with valuable new firepower to use against   
   Ukraine, which has been deploying Turkish drones against Russian forces with   
   great effect.   
      
   National security adviser Jake Sullivan said last month that Russia   
   “deepening an alliance with Iran to kill Ukrainians is something that the   
   whole world should look at.”   
      
   Iran has emerged as one of the world’s most feared drone developers. The   
   U.S. and Israel have accused Iran and its proxies of using its drones to carry   
   out attacks against Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, American forces in Syria,   
   and ships in the    
   Persian Gulf.   
      
   U.S. officials say that Russia has turned to Iran for help in countering   
   American military support for Ukraine. The U.S. is sending Ukraine more than   
   500 small kamikaze-style battlefield drones. And Turkey has provided Ukraine   
   with 50 more advanced    
   drones that the military has used to destroy Russian convoys and warships. The   
   Turkish Bayraktar drone has been so effective that Ukrainians even wrote a   
   folk song celebrating it.   
      
   Turkish media reported this week that Baykar, the Turkish company that makes   
   the Bayraktar, is in the process of building a drone factory in Ukraine.   
      
   https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-has-begun-training-russia-to-u   
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