Russia gave Iran $140 million in cash and seized Western anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles in late August in exchange for drones, a security source told Sky News on Tuesday.
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These include a British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile, and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile, which were meant for the Ukrainian military but "fell into Russian hands," according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
He warned they could give Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps the ability to study Western technology and copy it.
"They will probably be reverse-engineered and used in future wars," the source told Sky News.
Russia has been documented using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones, also known as "suicide drones" in Ukraine, garnering harsh condemnations fgfor targeting civilian areas.
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