Russia trying to upgrade Iranian-made attack drones – UK intelligence

UK intelligence has stated that Russia is trying to upgrade Iranian-made Shahed attack drones, which it uses to attack targets in Ukraine, based on its experience of using them.

Source: UK Ministry of Defence on 6 December, cited by European Pravda

Details: UK Defence Intelligence said that the Russian Federation could have supplemented Iranian-made drones with weapons manufactured at its factories.

They cited data from late November that a Ukrainian SIM card and a 4G modem were found in one of the downed Shahed drones.

UK intelligence stated that in this way, Russia is trying to improve real-time targeting using cellular towers to reduce dependence on satellite navigation.

In addition, this could be an attempt to weaken Ukraine's electronic warfare capabilities.

Some other Russian-made attack drones were painted black, making them difficult to detect visually at night.

Background: In the previous review, UK Defence Intelligence reported on the fighting for Marinka in Donetsk Oblast.

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