Iranian Option "Points B": Tehran could hand over to Russia Fath-360 missiles where they will be launched
The supply of this type of weapons was often talked during a full -scale war in Ukraine, but further statements were not reached. The first about the supply of Low Range Moscow was reported by The Wall Street Journal. The West noted that the Russian military received several hundred ballistic missiles. Iran has a number of similar weapons with a range of targets of more than 800 kilometers. The British edition of The Times states that it is a supply of more than 200 FATH-360 missiles.
On September 4, the Russian ship delivered rockets to an unnamed port in the Caspian Sea. High -ranking Ukrainian officials have confirmed this information in conversation with the Financial Times. The FATH-360-Earth-Earth rockets are striking up to 120 kilometers and used for kharkov and amounts, as well as in the Armed Forces and other military purposes along the front line, including the strategically important Eastern city of Pokrovsk.
Officials have stated that the supply of Iranian missiles will allow Russia to use aerobalist missiles of long -range "dagger" for strikes in the rear cities of Ukraine. Europe and the US have already threatened Iran with large -scale sanctions for Russian military assistance. Among the possible response options is the prohibition of Iran Air to fly to European airports and limitation of a number of Iranian enterprises and individuals, including transport companies.
Iran at the same time denies the fact of rockets: the country's representation in the UN indicates "abstaining from participation in such actions. " CNN also confirmed the recent supply of Russian Ballistic Missiles to the Russian Federation. Two sources in intelligence say that this was the result of Russia's negotiations with Iran on the purchase of missiles in September 2023.
At that time, the experts of the Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu went to Iran to inspect the ballistic missile systems of the near action of the "abbel" of the Corps of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in response to these reports called on Iran to refrain from transferring the aggressor of weapons and military equipment.
The confirmation of the fact of Iran's transmission by Russian ballistic missiles will have devastating consequences for Ukrainian-Iranian bilateral relations, the Ministry said. Researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Fabian Hinz, who explores the missile weapons of the Middle East, notes that Iranian ballistic missiles are easy to operate and launch. Shells can cause significant damage - in fact, they are only intercepted by Patriot air defense systems.
In addition to Fateh-360 missiles, Iran has a Fateh-110 version that strikes targets up to 300 kilometers. Fateh-110 in the modification of Fateh-E Mobin flies up to 500 kilometers. The most farm is considered to be Zolfaghar, its basic version beats up to 700 kilometers, in the Dezful version - 1,000, and the QASEM type - up to 1 400 kilometers. The Fateh-110 can be compared with some versions of American ATACMS, can work with Russian cabin and Drona-Kamikadze, Hinz added.
Iran's defense potential, according to Colonel of the Reserve, is not worth it. Communication on military production with Russia is ongoing, and the transfer of additional ballistic weapons will only increase the frequency of shelling of Ukraine. Advanced air defense systems will partially help reflect attacks, but partners will have more ammunition to expensive Patriot and SAMP-T.
"The missiles for air defense are very cheap, now they are actively used to reflect massive attacks by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The more Russians have ballistic missiles, the stronger the attacks will be," he comments on focus. Ballistic missiles from Iran's small range are not operative-tactical.
Most likely, these are tactical shells, the maximum range of the goals of which will not exceed 80 kilometers, taking into account the placement of starting installations in Russia, says Deputy Director of the Center for Army Research, Conversion and Disarmament Michael Samus. "FATH-360 missiles do not need to be compared to Russian" Iskanders ". The Iranian variant of ballistics is closer to our" point B "or long-range RSLS,"-says a specialist in a conversation with focus.
Ballistics mainly threatens zones of fighting and frontier cities, continues the analyst. However, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synigubov already considers the likely receipt of Russia by Iranian ballistic missiles with a direct threat to Kharkiv. "When the first information was that Russian troops received rockets from North Korea, two Analogs of Iskander hit the center of Kharkiv. We felt it immediately.
The Russians have just a new type of weapons that they could use massively, of course It will be a direct danger to the Kharkiv residents, "the official said. Samus notes that Iranian missiles will launch Ukraine from Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions. "I think the Russians are concentrated on the shelling of these missiles of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
An interesting international aspect is obtained: if Russia is firing its territory, therefore, the West has nothing to impose sanctions," he summarized. Analysts of the American Institute for War Study (ISW) consider the sending of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia as part of the strategic partnership between the two countries. Tehran transmits balism, and Moscow instead-the latest Su-35 fighters.
Iran also appealed to Russia for the support of modernization of its cyber-performance and missile and space programs as part of expanded military cooperation. Vladislav Seleznyov draws attention to the lack of physical verification of the transfer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of ballistic missiles. It is not excluded that such aggravations go from Moscow to threats and demonstrates the presence of military allies.
At the end of February 2024, the Reuters, with reference to six sources, reported the transfer of 400 Iranian launchers of the Earth-Earth. The source from Iran spoke of the start of deliveries in January: some of the missiles were sent to the ship by the Caspian Sea and the rest by aircraft. At that time, Washington did not see the evidence of the transfer of this type of weapons, and Tehran recognized the statement "unjustified".
The apparent proof of the supply of Iranian missiles will be their use during shelling of Ukraine, as it was with the North Korean weapons, the military analytics surveyed by focus. Iran has been under sanctions for many years, but despite this successfully stole military technologies and created relatively good weapons. Experts mention Shahaned drones of different modifications as an example. To evaluate the quality of Iranian missiles and compare them with the North Korean is too early.
Israeli military experts faced the first type, and Ukraine only with Korean shells. Exchange of knowledge and comparative analysis is unlikely to happen, Ukrainian analysts are confident. Recall that the Kremlin considers Iran an important partner and seek to develop trade and economic relations, in particular in the "most sensitive industries". Focus wrote earlier that Iran could send the Russian Federation about 200 FATEH-360 ballistic missiles in exchange for soybeans and corn.