Russia has been sending some US-provided weapons captured in Ukraine to Iran

[onthedarkside]

 

Russia has been capturing some of the US and NATO-provided weapons and equipment left on the battlefield in Ukraine and sending them to Iran, where the US believes Tehran will try to reverse-engineer the systems, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

 

Over the last year, US, NATO and other Western officials have seen several instances of Russian forces seizing smaller, shoulder-fired weapons equipment including Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft systems that Ukrainian forces have at times been forced to leave behind on the battlefield, the sources told CNN.

 

In many of those cases, Russia has then flown the equipment to Iran to dismantle and analyze, likely so the Iranian military can attempt to make their own version of the weapons, sources said. 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/10/politics/russia-iran-ukraine-weapons/index.html

 

[vandeventer]

Maybe Iran should have reversed- engineered the Covib-19 vaccines they got from Chine?

[internationalism]

they are an old technology - stingers were donated by the usa to osama bin laden in afganistan some 40 years ago. They were also sold to Saddam Hussain during war with Iran.

Javelin is also 25 years old and used in battlefields across globe. 

Possible some international treaty forbids russia from copying the usa armaments, but iran can make them, and at fraction of current market price. That would mean price of the usa made ones would have to fall to compete.

 

but I think this whole story is not true, just war hype - as russia can easily send to iran everything they know about those weapons and how their own weapons are designed to countermeasure.

 

 

 

[AgMech Cowboy]

8 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

sources said. 

Wish means I don't believe a word of it. Russia is much more likely to copy the weapons themselves just as the weapons in Afghanistan were mostly sent to China & Russia, sources say.

[AgMech Cowboy]

CNN has had much good news coverage (or truth) since Baby Jessica fell down a well 35 years ago outside Midland TX.

[internationalism]

not mentioned in this article is british bazooka, which was captured by russians at the beginning of war.

It was send to iran already in summer.

Ukraine got donated 2000 pieces yet before started, and thousands more just in the beginning.

Effective, because countermeasures are unknown yet. That was the first time this weapon was used on a battlefield. So british and countries, which bought them, lost now an advantage of surprise. 

I am not sure if brits have a newer, more advanced one.

 Brits sell them for 30-40k gbp. Again, price will fall, if iran, russia start making them cheaper and exporting

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, internationalism said:

not mentioned in this article is british bazooka, which was captured by russians at the beginning of war.

It was send to iran already in summer.

Ukraine got donated 2000 pieces yet before started, and thousands more just in the beginning.

Effective, because countermeasures are unknown yet. That was the first time this weapon was used on a battlefield. So british and countries, which bought them, lost now an advantage of surprise. 

I am not sure if brits have a newer, more advanced one.

 Brits sell them for 30-40k gbp. Again, price will fall, if iran, russia start making them cheaper and exporting

Its reported that British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile were allegedly captured and sent to Iran back in Nov last year but a British bazookas? Got a link for that?

[Emdog]

If Iran wanted some US weapons to copy, might it be easier to buy them from the Taliban? I am pretty sure lots of weapons were left behind when US took a powder

[internationalism]

39 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its reported that British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile were allegedly captured and sent to Iran back in Nov last year but a British bazookas? Got a link for that?

yes, you have link, but you havent read the second paragraph, here just part of it:

" British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - to an airport in Tehran in the early hours of 20 August".

That is summer, not autumn

[Bkk Brian]

41 minutes ago, internationalism said:

yes, you have link, but you havent read the second paragraph, here just part of it:

" British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - to an airport in Tehran in the early hours of 20 August".

That is summer, not autumn

No you claimed they had british bazookas.....lol Captured at the beginning of the war and delivered to Iran in Summer. My link does not say that. So still waiting...............

 

"not mentioned in this article is british bazooka, which was captured by russians at the beginning of war.

It was send to iran already in summer."

[internationalism]

all here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLAW

 

"An unknown number of launchers were captured by the armed forces of Russia and the pro-Russian self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the conflict.[44][45][46] A number of these captured weapons were reportedly transferred to Iran as part of a deal to acquire drones."

 

6th august is a summer

[nglodnig]

Can't they just buy the various weapon systems at Walmart in the US? ???? 

[internationalism]

On 3/13/2023 at 12:46 AM, nglodnig said:

Can't they just buy the various weapon systems at Walmart in the US? ???? 

It"s legal to buy bazooka in the usa, if you have permit. However, there is a problem with their disposal. I am not sure how much serious this article is
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090178116/rocket-launchers-bazooka-grenade-california-middle-school#:~:text=Are these weapons legal%3F,therefore legal with proper registration.

 

But they can be made at lower price, and that's iran intends. They got their sample in August, it will be a hit at battle fields

[rabas]

On 3/11/2023 at 8:07 AM, internationalism said:

they are an old technology - stingers were donated by the usa to osama bin laden in afganistan some 40 years ago. They were also sold to Saddam Hussain during war with Iran.

Javelin is also 25 years old and used in battlefields across globe. 

Possible some international treaty forbids russia from copying the usa armaments, but iran can make them, and at fraction of current market price. That would mean price of the usa made ones would have to fall to compete.

 

but I think this whole story is not true, just war hype - as russia can easily send to iran everything they know about those weapons and how their own weapons are designed to countermeasure.

Technology such as stinger missiles are often upgraded with new variants and capabilities. One recent upgrade (2014) added new sensors and a target detection system for UAVs. Iran/Russia will learn somethings but this is simply a fact of war. 

 

The current stinger line is no longer manufacturable because its computer chips are no longer available. So it's unlikely that Russia or Iran can simply copy them. The US is  also developing a new MANPADS system to replace the stinger.

[Captor]

On 3/12/2023 at 5:20 AM, internationalism said:

not mentioned in this article is british bazooka, which was captured by russians at the beginning of war.

It was send to iran already in summer.

Ukraine got donated 2000 pieces yet before started, and thousands more just in the beginning.

Effective, because countermeasures are unknown yet. That was the first time this weapon was used on a battlefield. So british and countries, which bought them, lost now an advantage of surprise. 

I am not sure if brits have a newer, more advanced one.

 Brits sell them for 30-40k gbp. Again, price will fall, if iran, russia start making them cheaper and exporting

Humiliating for Russia if they must send the weapons to Iran for dismantling and analyze... That tells a lot.