Russia, having received Iranian short-range missiles, is not particularly concerned about their low accuracy. The Kremlin has decided on the purposes for which these missiles will be used.
This was reported by URA-Inform, citing the findings of Business Insider.
Iranian missiles are capable of hitting fortified positions and putting additional strain on the Ukrainian air defense system. Although Iran claims that the accuracy of the Fath-360 missiles is 30 meters from the target, experts believe that Russia is not so much interested in accuracy as in increasing firepower at short distances.
Nicholas Heras, Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at the New Lines Institute, notes that Russia needs any firepower advantage in this war.
“Russia is not so much interested in an accurate hit, but in the ability to use brute force to dominate the battlefield,” Heras says.
In his opinion, despite the technical shortcomings of the Iranian missiles, their main goal is to increase pressure on the Ukrainian defense.
An example of shortcomings is Iran's April attack on Israel, when Emad missiles missed the Israeli F-35I base by a significant distance. Experts have concluded that the margin of error could be as much as a kilometer.
RANE Eurasia analyst Matthew Orr emphasizes that Russia is interested in reducing the burden on its own stockpiles of short-range mobile ballistic missiles, such as the Iskander.
It is also worth recalling that Russia and Iran are discussing nuclear secrets: Bloomberg reported on what the war in Ukraine is leading to.