Let’s look at the drones that Russia is buying from Iran. The drones are not actually being made in Iran. They are being made by Iranian companies in Tajikistan. They are not of the finest quality. Their lack of quality is only exceeded by the weapons and ammunition that Russia is purchasing from North Korea.
In August, a US official told Reuters that Russia’s Iranian-made drones had suffered “numerous failures”.
So why is Russia buying weapons and ammunition from two countries not known for their quality? The answer is they have no other source. No one else will sell them the weapons or the ammunition. Most of the countries capable of selling them this weaponry gave agreed to the sanctions.The others do not want to possibly trigger sanctions against themselves.
This means that Putin is looking at the bottom of the barrel, as far as countries who are willing to risk sanctions in order to supply Russia with weapons. Countries like North Korea are so poor and their economy is so bad that internally they do not believe that sanctions can make things any worse. Many are already subject to stations. So they are willing to risk additional sanctions in order to make a buck.
There also is an ideology component to the decision as well. Iran and North Korea ideologically are opposed to the west. They are willing to do whatever they can to show their opposition. If this means selling their poorly constructed weapons systems to Russia, they are willing to do it.
Some of the components for the Iranian drones have been discovered to come from the United States and Canada. Steps are being taken by the west to close this loophole and make sure that there are no components from the west that are being used to manufacture weapon systems for sale to Russia. This should result in the quality of the weapons and weapons systems being degraded even further.
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