Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] There have been reports that Iran has allegedly already supplied Russia with Shahed 129 strike and reconnaissance UAVs.
The drone itself is an illegitimate distant relative of the American MQ-1 Predator (it was created using technologies obtained by capturing American drones). Later modifications of the drone made this car quite original and very good in terms of price/quality, although the United States continues to insist that their Predator is better, although the experience of using the Shahed 129 in Iraq and Syria showed more than serious combat qualities of the Iranian vehicle.
On the presented videos you can see his appearance, camera capabilities and cutting strikes in Syria.
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Russia and Iran have not officially confirmed such deliveries (and even if they are, they are unlikely to confirm them), so we are just waiting to see if drones from Iran appear at the front or not.
It cannot be ruled out that this is just a hoax so far in order to test the real level of progress on the issue of deliveries of Iranian UAVs to the Russian Federation.
Personally, you know my position - in the face of the need to increase the number of strike and reconnaissance drones in a vast theater of operations, the possible purchase of what is needed abroad is more than justified, coupled with an increase in our own production. Iran and China are the best options here, because if necessary, they know how to put the device on the US tantrums and bypass the sanctions regimes.
The ideal option is the purchase of a large batch at the start + the deployment of joint production on the territory of the Russian Federation.