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2. Iran/Russia Military Technology Axis: Russia Showcases to Iran New and Advanced Military Technology
- Author:
- David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
- Publication Date:
- 06-2024
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS)
- Abstract:
- A dangerous new weapons technology partnership between Iran and Russia is emerging with deadly consequences for the United States, Israel, and their allies. This axis, helped importantly by China, exchanges finished military hardware and the technology to replicate and produce it. With the advent of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the transfer of weapons technology from Iran to Russia has developed on a large scale. The Ukraine war has led Russia to seek goods from Iran, including prominently a $1.75 billion purchase of Shahed 136 kamikaze drones and their production know-how. As it produces the Shahed drones, known in Russia as the Geran 2 drone, Russia has improved it. Based on the extensive interactions in Iran and in Russia between Iranian experts and the drone manufacturer, JSC Alabuga, there are grounds to believe that Russian improvements in the drone’s design and production have filtered back to Iran. Additionally, Iran is interested more generally in Russian military technologies.
- Topic:
- Weapons, Drones, Trade, Russia-Ukraine War, and Military Technology
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Europe, Iran, and Middle East
3. Managing Risk and Technology Insertion in Crewed Tactical Jet Engines
- Author:
- Alexander Holderness, Gregory Sanders, and Nicholas Velazquez
- Publication Date:
- 04-2023
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Abstract:
- China’s investments in its military turbofan industrial base may challenge U.S. dominance in fighter engine technology in the coming years. The question is whether the United States is making the necessary investments to ensure superiority, especially given its traditionally risk-cautious approach to military turbofan innovation and fielding. While the historic U.S. approach to innovation has been adequate to this point, policymakers may need to consider more assertive action to ensure that the capability gap between the United States and China is enduring. This brief examines four different case studies to understand the U.S. turbofan development history in the context of growing competition with China.
- Topic:
- Innovation, Defense Industry, and Military Technology
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia