How the Iranian Shahed Drone Transformed War—With China’s Help
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Chinese companies have been supplying components for Iranian and Russian Shaheeds for a long time and now use their details in new Russian jet drones.
Beijing plays a key role in this process. The new jet versions of the Shaheds, which Russia uses for massive attacks on Ukraine, are capable of accelerating to 500 km/h. This is about three times faster than previous versions of drones. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to The Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, the emergence of new reactive Shaheds was made possible largely due to China. Chinese companies supplied eng…
The updated rocket models of Shahed drones, which Russia uses to attack Ukraine, can now go up to 500 km/h. This is about three times faster than the previous model series of drones.
Wall Street Journal: Jet-Powered Shahed Drones Possible Only With Chinas Help
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russia is using faster turbojet Shahed-type drones, enabled by engines traced by Ukrainian specialists to a Shenzhen-based firm, Telefly Telecommunications Equipment.
“Shaheds” have changed: instead of the usual propellers, some of the Russian drones received turbojet engines. As journalists found out, China plays a key role in this supply chain.
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