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Iran's military industry was born under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1973, the Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) was founded to organize efforts to assemble and repair foreign-delivered weapons. [3] [4] Most of Iran's weapons before the Islamic revolution were imported from the United
Iran: Russian designation for Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone. [415] Both Russia and Iran have denied these are built in Iran. They are license built in Russia. [416] Geran-1: Kamikaze-type unmanned aerial vehicle: Unknown Iran: Russian designation for Iranian Shahed 131 kamikaze drone. [417] Both Russia and Iran have denied these are built ...
On 13 April 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, in collaboration with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, [3] Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the Ansar Allah (Houthis), launched retaliatory attacks against Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights [note 2] with loitering munitions, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. [13]
The military history of Iran has been relatively well-documented, with thousands of years' worth of recorded history.Largely credited to its historically unchanged geographical and geopolitical condition, the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran (historically known as Persia) has had a long and checkered military culture and history; ranging from triumphant and unchallenged ancient military ...
The list of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be subdivided into: infantry weapons, vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, and clothing. Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine , quantities of operational equipment are highly uncertain.
During the Six-Day War, the military cooperation with France ceased (the French Weapons Embargo of 1967) and Israel began to rely on American weaponry and on local research and development. During the 1980s and 1990s, the IDF increased its supplies of American arms , armor and aircraft , aiming for technological superiority over Arab countries ...
M4A1: 5.56×45mm NATO United States [8]Remington R4: 5.56×45mm NATO United States [9]Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO United States Used by ISOF [10]: SIG Sauer SIGM400
The office was used to direct the covert purchases of American military equipment to resell to Iran. [28] In March 1982, there was a leak to The New York Times about Israel's covert weapon sales to Iran. [30] [31] Fearing the company's operations might have been compromised, the covert Israeli weapons purchasing operation was moved to London in ...