Russia is building thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones in a massive secret military base, according to leaked documents.
Engineers at the Alabuga facility in Tatarstan, some 500 miles east of Moscow, are attempting to produce around 6,000 upgraded drones by 2025, The Washington Post reported.
Although production is behind schedule, experts believe it could mean hundreds of “Shahed” drones being directed toward Ukrainian targets at a time, rather than the dozens currently used in attacks.
#Ukraine: A rare Russian S-300V4 air defense battery was targeted by Ukrainian forces in the South- as a result a 9A83M2 TELAR and 9A84-2 TEL were destroyed by GMLRS strikes, along with 9S32M1 and 9S19M2 radars suffering damage. pic.twitter.com/qQZ8pjt9hU
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) August 15, 2023
