Tehran has already supplied drones to Russia and the supplying of ballistic missiles would increase Iran's support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Iran is reportedly set to step up its military support of the Russian military by supplying ballistic missiles to help its war effort in Ukraine, something that an expert has tolds already swarming Ukrainian skies and hitting civilian targets, Kyiv has expressed alarm at the prospect of Tehran giving Russian forces surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, along with more unmanned aerial vehicles .
Russia has been hit hard by Ukrainian strikes from the U.S-supplied M142 HIMARS . The HIMARS' ability to launch weapons and move away at speed has made it very effective but its missile range is around 50 miles is much less than the Iranian missiles. The Zolfaghar missile, which is a variant of the Fateh-110 family, has a similar accuracy, and possesses a cluster munition warhead but has a longer range of up to 700 km, according to Missile Defense Advocacy.The U.S. has pledged to send Ukraine eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems with two being deployed to the country soon. However, Iranian-supplied missiles would give Russia a significant boost in their invasion of Ukraine.
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