Drone team: Russia's plan to arm Iran

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  Oh, and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Blore.

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  Today on the show, we learn about the thousands of merchant seamen stuck in the Gulf and pay tribute to Craig Venter.

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  First.

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  Are many reasons why America's war on Iran has been failing.

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  One is the effectiveness of Iranian drones.

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  Now, a confidential document obtained exclusively by The Economist from a trusted source reveals new information,

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  exposing Russia's proposed arming of Iran against American forces.

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  The Economist has seen leaked Russian intelligence documents that outline a new level of support that the Kremlin

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  is prepared to give Iran, which would have involved killing Americans

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  and repelling an American amphibious invasion of Iran.

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  Shashank Joshi is our defense editor.

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  The documents that we 've seen describe a proposal from Russia to provide Iran with 5,000 short-range fiber optic drones,

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  which are the kind used in Ukraine to very good effect,

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  as well as an unknown number of longer-range satellite-guided drones and training to use both kinds.

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  Until now, we knew Vladimir Putin's government had provided intelligence

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  that had helped Iran target American forces in the Middle East.

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  But we did n't know it had also proposed sending relatively innovative weapons in big enough numbers

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  that could have really inflicted considerable casualties on America and on Allied forces

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