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Announcements Mar 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM

Russia sending drones to Iran, western intelligence says

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https://www.ft.com/content/d5d7291b-8a53-42cd-b10a-4e02fbcf9047?segmentid=c50c86e4-586b-23ea-1ac1-7601c9c2476f

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HaroldGreenBandana Mar 25, 2026 +13
And Trump will probably lift more sanctions on both.  He is getting played.  When Trump said he had “concepts of a plan,” he lied. He doesn’t even have concepts. He just does without thought.
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Sammonov Mar 25, 2026 +1
We should arm Russia’s adversaries in retaliation.
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blazesquall Mar 25, 2026 +2
What do you think Ukraine is?
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Curb_the_tide Mar 26, 2026 +1
We’re not arming Ukraine. They’re getting intelligence but no weapons from the United States.
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blazesquall Mar 26, 2026 +1
Lol.. there are multiple funds buying US weapons that are used in Ukraine. The shift from US funding to European funding hasn't stopped the reliance on American arms.. it just changed who pays the invoice.  European nations are currently facing a crisis because their own domestic defense industries cannot scale up fast enough to meet the demand. Consequently, they are forced to rely on American manufacturing, meaning global defense spending continues to heavily subsidize US defense contractors. 
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Curb_the_tide Mar 26, 2026 +1
I don’t disagree with any of that. I’m just pointing out that the administration made a big show about ‘stopping arms sales’ to Ukraine which may not have changed the hard numbers of bullets and bombs but does go a long way toward showing which side the Americans support.
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blazesquall Mar 26, 2026 +1
America supports selling weapons.. even better if others are paying for it. If NATO wants to keep meat grindering Ukrainians / Russians, the US will happily sell stuff.. I at least thought we were getting intelligence out of it..
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Curb_the_tide Mar 26, 2026 +1
Yeah I thought so too. Apparently American arrogance knows no bounds
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AsinineAntimony312 Mar 25, 2026 +4
The US has ZERO counter if they are fiber optic FPV drones. There is a good to fair chance there will be clips on r/ combatfootage of Marines going 💥 in a few weeks.  The military has not encountered this type of warfare really. The Trump administration also turned its nose up at Ukraine offering expertise before. So the Marines on the way there are likely screwed if it really goes down.
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Intel-Source Mar 25, 2026 +1
And now Russia has set up it's own clone of Starlink, so they can hit targets many thousands of miles away!
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geekstone Mar 26, 2026 +1
My money is on Musk selling it to them on the side.
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Intel-Source Mar 26, 2026 +1
I wouldn't doubt it!
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CockBrother Mar 25, 2026
They did what now?
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exoriparian Mar 26, 2026 +1
Not accurate.  They can use larger drones to facilitate communications with attack drones.  It's not satellites.
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biscuitarse Mar 25, 2026 +3
Remove sanctions on Russian oil. Russia sells oil to the tune $150 million a day. Russia uses a portion of the proceeds to arm Iran to kill American soldiers. Seems reasonable, eh?
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saiyanscaris Mar 25, 2026 +3
i have a feeling putin is about to throw trump under the bus since trump may no longer be needed soon
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AsinineAntimony312 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Paywall free: https://archive.ph/ZMosx
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Wolfy1-2-3 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Glad to see some reporting on this, but how about China? What are they supplying to Iran?
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Specialist-Mud4150 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Millions of dollars worth of drones for Billions of dollars in oil revenue… not a bad trade eh comrade?
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TopTour31 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Did anyone expect them to not return the favor after our support for ukraine?
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HaroldGreenBandana Mar 25, 2026 +2
It was pretty unnecessary of the President to put us in a situation where they could. 
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biscuitarse Mar 25, 2026 +1
Russia didn't own Biden. They do own Trump, though, so they'll do as they please.
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Intel-Source Mar 25, 2026 +1
China is an even bigger problem! According to US intel, they are sending weapons and MONEY to Iran!!
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exoriparian Mar 26, 2026 +1
That's called international trade.
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DeMakaveli Mar 25, 2026 -8
Zelenskyy thought he was the smartest guy in the room.
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