Russia-Iran-Israel and the US

Two related stories in the news today.

Apparently Israel attacked an Iranian city where Russian engineers were learning how to make Iranian drones. Washington Post has a Russian-Iranian-drone scare story for it's US readers.

From the Jerusalem Post.

Russian drone team was stuck in Iranian hotel during alleged Israeli strike - report
Russia has been working with Iran to establish a drone production facility within Russia.

A Russian team visiting Iran to gain expertise on drone manufacturing had to shelter in their hotel after an Israeli strike targeted a weapons factory in Isfahan in January, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

The team was part of efforts to establish a drone production facility in Russia which the help of Iran, which would produce a variant of the Iranian Shahed-136 drone known as the Geran 2.

 

and from the Washington Post.

Inside the Russian effort to build 6,000 attack drones with Iran’s help
Leaked documents show that Moscow is progressing toward its goal of mass-producing UAVs it could use to pummel Ukrainian cities 

This was Russia’s billion-dollar weapons deal with Iran coming to life in November, 500 miles east of Moscow in the Tatarstan region. Its aim is to domestically build 6,000 drones by summer 2025 — enough to reverse the Russian army’s chronic shortages of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, on the front line. If it succeeds, the sprawling new drone factory could help Russia preserve its dwindling supply of precision munitions, thwart Ukraine’s effort to retake occupied territory and dramatically advance Moscow’s position in the drone arms race that is remaking modern warfare.