2023-06-17 22:41:53
The engine of the Shahed-136 drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine is developed from German technologythat Iran stole 20 years ago, according to research by Conflict Armament Research (CAR), a UK-based research organization that tracks the supply of conventional arms, ammunition and related military materiel to conflict-affected areas.
the engine of Iranian kamikaze drones it had been reverse-engineered by an Iranian company called Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar, known as Mado, based in the city of Shokuhieh in Qom province, home of the father of the 1797 Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini. The rise of this company dates back to 2006, when Iran covertly obtained motors for drones. manufactured by the German company Limbach Flugmotoren. Three years later, Yousef Aboutalebian engineer of Iranian nationality now under the umbrella of US and UK sanctions, founded Mado.
Mado’s markings were found on the spark plug plugs of the drone’s engines, as well as the serial number sequences used by Mado. UN observers in Yemen who collected evidence of Iran-allied Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates forces reported the same pattern of serial numbers.
According to CAR researchers, Iranian drones are constantly being refined and modernized and “have proven to be increasingly accurate in terms of their targeting and guidance systems.” The fact that Tehran has purchased Western components and technologies for its aircraft program of combat, taking advantage lack of supply chain visibilityhas been identified as a critical technique to improve export control and sanction mechanisms, explains the organization’s analyst, Taimur Khan.
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