Some of the drones used by Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield were not produced by Russia. The drones used by the Russian army include multiple models of drones produced and manufactured by , Iran, and . According to a previous news clearly revealed by Russian media, Russian troops have used cluster suicide drones on the Ukrainian battlefield and have created multiple results, including destroying a team of Ukrainian technicians who have just returned to Ukraine from Britain. However, Iran has not publicly admitted that it has provided support to Russia with a large number of drones. This has also caused Russia to rename these Iranian drones in the Ukrainian battlefield. The drone Iran called Witness 136 has been changed to Geranium 2 drones under Russia's brand new name.
A large number of drones appeared on the battlefield, which also brought greater pressure to Ukraine's only air defense system . It can be seen that after Russia obtained Iranian drones, it once brought greater damage to the Ukrainian army. However, in recent times, bad news has come from the Ukrainian battlefield. According to media reports, Ukrainian troops have claimed that they have completed the shooting down of 9 Iran-made drones in a single day on the Ukrainian battlefield, but Ukraine has not reported what methods to use to shoot down all these drones. It is not ruled out that it is through electronic warfare interference.
However, after the Iranian drones were continuously destroyed by Ukrainian troops, Ukrainian troops have also dismantled these Iranian drones and discovered the technical background of Iranian drones through dismantling. Just after Ukraine dismantled Iranian drones, it was found that the chips used in these drones were not produced by Iran themselves. These chips are all from the United States chips. It is understood that chips from the United States ALTERA and INTEL have appeared on Iranian drones. Today, the United States is constantly supporting Ukraine. While supporting Ukraine, Ukraine has found a large number of American chips in Iranian drones, which also makes Ukraine feel unhappy.
In fact, with Iran's strength, it is quite difficult to complete the production and manufacturing of a large number of drone-supplied chips, so Iran has to use chips from overseas countries. How did Iran obtain these chips? Zhan Yan believes that the most likely thing is that Iran purchased these chips from the United States through civil channels, and then used all the chips purchased from civil channels on drones. In fact, drones do not have high requirements for chips, so these civilian chips are enough to meet the daily use of Iranian drones.
Of course, in addition to using American chips, the overall technology of drones is almost from the United States. This is because Iran has been fighting with American drones for a long time. At the same time, Iran has also trapped or shot down American drones many times. It is precisely because of the continuous confrontation with American drones that Iran has the experience of manufacturing drones. Therefore, the drones currently used or handed over to Russia have more or less technology obtained from the United States. Text/Aris