In any event, the written manuals must be translated from Farsi to Russian and printed to cope with the language difficulties inherent in using gear with controls captioned in a foreign language. How long will that take?
It seems to me that if one were in a pinch for time, such as if combat was underway, the first resort would be to bring in lots of Iranian crews and pilots to use the drones against the Ukrainians while developing the necessary manuals and training for Russian drone pilots and crews. And I imagine that the Iranians will charge a lot of coin for such service.
“It seems to me that if one were in a pinch for time, such as if combat was underway, the first resort would be to bring in lots of Iranian crews and pilots to use the drones against the Ukrainians while developing the necessary manuals and training for Russian drone pilots and crews. And I imagine that the Iranians will charge a lot of coin for such service.”
Keep the drone operations securely within Russia, and no one can prove if Iranians or Russians are piloting these Iranian made drones being used in Ukraine.
Actually, all the drone pilots can be in Iran. With the Russian army’s function being to maintain them, protect their base, and release them. Like keeping homing pigeons.
The Shahed is an extreme long-range weapon, meaning that all but the tail end of a flight is pre-programmed , the final attack step being not much more complex than flying any sort of an RC airplane from Hobbyking or Banggood. That can’t really take a whole lot of training. Once one Russian has it figured, he can teach others....
In any event, the written manuals must be translated from Farsi to Russian and printed to cope with the language difficulties inherent in using gear with controls captioned in a foreign language. How long will that take?
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A translation app on a smart phone or a web page translation can be used.