Is Iran focused on Russia’s war on Ukrainian air-defense? - analysis
While Ukraine has received a number of western air defenses, Russia likely wants to try to test its missiles against these systems.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
This week Russia launched repeated attacks on Kyiv. In one of them, a US-supplied Patriot air defense system was damaged, and a US official told CNN it was likely hit by the Russian barrage on Tuesday morning.
Iran has long and extensive experience with US-made Patriots due to Iranian backing of the Houthis in Yemen, a group that targeted Patriot batteries. During that conflict, reports emerged that Saudi Arabia was running low on interceptors. Iran apparently hoped it could leverage the Houthis to use drones and missiles to see if the Patriot systems could be overwhelmed or if cheap drones could take out their radars.
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While Ukraine has received a number of western air defenses, Russia likely wants to try to test its missiles against these systems.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
This week Russia launched repeated attacks on Kyiv. In one of them, a US-supplied Patriot air defense system was damaged, and a US official told CNN it was likely hit by the Russian barrage on Tuesday morning.
Iran has long and extensive experience with US-made Patriots due to Iranian backing of the Houthis in Yemen, a group that targeted Patriot batteries. During that conflict, reports emerged that Saudi Arabia was running low on interceptors. Iran apparently hoped it could leverage the Houthis to use drones and missiles to see if the Patriot systems could be overwhelmed or if cheap drones could take out their radars.
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