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White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine
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Posted on 06/09/2023 8:50:20 AM PDT by janetjanet998

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, according to a U.S. intelligence finding released by the White House on Friday.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drones; iran; russia; ukraine
I posted this to provide an example of how Russia is building up its’s long term infrastructure for this war

Not reported much in the western press. They are not just increasing production at existing factories but building additional capacity for the longer term

This particular factory won’t come online until at least a year

1 posted on 06/09/2023 8:50:20 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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Could this effort be made unsuccessful short of full-out war between Russia and NATO?


2 posted on 06/09/2023 8:51:58 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( )
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“Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow..”

Bought and paid for by U.S. taxpayers, courtesy of Barry 0bama


3 posted on 06/09/2023 8:53:26 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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Says something when you get technical help from Iran.


4 posted on 06/09/2023 8:53:51 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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You can thank Obama for this...when Iran hacked our most sophisticated drone and landed it in Iran, the military wanted to bomb and destroy it on the tarmac...they had a set window to do this, but Obastard said no. And now Iran has that technology and is mass producing it.


5 posted on 06/09/2023 8:55:02 AM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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imagine two countries doing such a thing without a US deep-state approved joint venture with Raytheon or Lockheed Martin?


6 posted on 06/09/2023 8:59:21 AM PDT by PGR88
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Wag The Dog


7 posted on 06/09/2023 8:59:54 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: BikerJoe

Why you doubt Iran people? I met a few during my college years in United States. They were smarter than average.


8 posted on 06/09/2023 9:01:10 AM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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Are they working on a “kit” drone that can be assembled after smuggling it across the border: then aim it at Mar-a-Lago?

Iran DOES have a grudge to avenge...


9 posted on 06/09/2023 9:01:18 AM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: entropy12

The Iranians I’ve worked with are brilliant. They learn real stuff in school.


10 posted on 06/09/2023 9:05:04 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance; entropy12; BikerJoe
The Iranians I’ve worked with are brilliant. They learn real stuff in school.

Keep in mind that we usually see the best and brightest from Middle East and Asian countries. Especially those of us who work in IT. They are probably not the norm.

Imagine if you lived on the west coast working in athletics and the only people you knew from the southeast were visiting gymnastics and sports teams. You'd think us Alabamians have few overweight people.

11 posted on 06/09/2023 9:12:08 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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This complicates Linda Graham’s Xerxes in a glory hole fantasy.


12 posted on 06/09/2023 9:23:06 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: entropy12

You forget that much of their smart class fled Iran, and some were even imprisoned or killed, this is not the Iran from when you were probably in college.

Remember when the Ayatollah and Islam took over Iran?


13 posted on 06/09/2023 9:30:42 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: janetjanet998

ping


14 posted on 06/09/2023 11:31:28 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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