Iran has the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. Now it's sending them to Russia
Iran has sent hundreds of its powerful ballistic missiles to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, furthering the military cooperation between the two U.S. adversaries, Reuters reported this week, citing a number of unnamed senior Iranian military sources. The reported transfer of the powerful weapons are set to strengthen Putin's hand in Ukraine as the two-year mark of Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbor nears. It follows already-documented weapons cooperation between Tehran and Moscow since 2022, particularly with the transfer of Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russian forces have deployed to deadly effect in Ukraine. Reuters reported that Iran delivered at least 400 of its short-range Fateh-110 ballistic mis