Recruitment theme
Has Russia been outcompeted by the oil-producing countries on the Arabian Peninsula that promise good pay for drone jamming work?
Russia promises to stop recruiting Kenyans. Russia is said to have agreed to stop recruiting Kenyans to fight in Ukraine, according to Kenya's foreign minister after talks in Moscow. Watch the segment on SVT News.
Cheap drones are pressuring expensive air defense. A lot of money is being spent to shoot them down while it is relatively cheap to launch them. Iran's use of the Shahed 136 drone is starting to become an economic issue for opposing countries.
But a country that has developed a way to combat this type of drone is Ukraine. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, both the USA and Iran's neighboring countries have asked Ukraine for help.
Does this mean that Iran will soon lose the strategic advantage? – Against the USA and the Gulf states, it may still take a while. It is not enough just to buy lots of equipment; it may take some time to learn how to use these, says Andreas Hörnedal, research leader and weapons expert. Watch the segment on SVT News.