{"id":149987,"date":"2022-11-12T05:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T11:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/irans-combat-drones-in-ukraine-war-a-new-market"},"modified":"2022-11-12T05:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T11:22:42","slug":"irans-combat-drones-in-ukraine-war-a-new-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/irans-combat-drones-in-ukraine-war-a-new-market","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2018s Combat Drones in Ukraine War, a New Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nv0l3jKgOo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s priority in entering the Ukrainian war arena was to test NATO\u2019s defenses against its drones, to assess the strength of these defenses in the face of Iranian offensive capabilities. It can be said that in the initial stages, the Shahed-136 drone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynewsarabia.com\/world\/1561725-%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A7%25D9%258A%25D9%2594%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA-%25D8%25B4%25D8%25A7%25D9%2587%25D8%25AF-136-%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D9%258E%25D9%2586-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25BA%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A8-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B3%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D9%2594%25D9%2588%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%25D8%259F\" target=\"_blank\">actually managed<\/a> to achieve exceptional success against NATO air defense employed by the Ukrainian army. This marks a victory for Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ultimate evaluation of the Shahed-136 drone\u2019s capability against NATO defenses will have to wait until NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/2022\/10\/18\/%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA%25D9%2588-%25D9%258A%25D8%25B2%25D9%2588%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25A3%25D9%2588%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7-%25D8%25A8%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25D8%25B8%25D9%2588%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA-%25D8%25AF%25D9%2581%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B9\" target=\"_blank\">supplies<\/a> Ukraine with more air defenses in the days ahead. The implications of these advances for the balance of power between Russian and Ukrainian forces, as well as the reputation of the types of weapons supplied to the Ukrainian military, were certainly realized by NATO\u2019s leadership in the wake of these drone attacks. NATO swiftly rushed to implement additional air defense systems designed to deal with such small, drones that are capable of flying at low altitudes.<\/p>\n<p>As with all armed conflicts, the war in Ukraine is being profited from by a variety of peripheral parties, especially those involved in the sale and manufacture of weapons. Attaining these goals comes with a cost in the form of material losses and casualties brought on by reckless military testing. Russia\u2019s use of Iranian drones during the Ukraine War, which resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/ar\/%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A3%25D8%25AE%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D9%2585%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9\/20221018-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D9%2588%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B1%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585%25D9%2591%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AA-30-%25D9%2585%25D9%2586-%25D9%2585%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A7%25D9%2582%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A3%25D9%2588%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25AE%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584-%25D8%25A3%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A8%25D9%2588%25D8%25B9-%25D9%2588%25D9%2581%25D9%2582-%25D8%25B2%25D9%258A%25D9%2584%25D9%258A%25D9%2586%25D8%25B3%25D9%2583%25D9%258A\" target=\"_blank\">destruction<\/a> of 30% of Ukraine\u2019s power plants without obviously advancing any military objectives is an adequate example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s priority in entering the Ukrainian war arena was to test NATO\u2019s defenses against its drones, to assess the strength of these defenses in the face of Iranian offensive capabilities. It can be said that in the initial stages, the Shahed-136 drone actually managed to achieve exceptional success against NATO air defense employed by the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,1497,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-energy","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}