Report: Russia to Send Iran 90 Missile Launchers
The Facts
- Russia has agreed to supply Iran with 90 helicopter-mounted launchers for precision-guided missiles, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing Russian defense industry documents covering 2024 and 2025 obtained by Dallas Analytics.
- The production schedule listed seven Russian customers and two foreign buyers: China, which ordered 192 APU-305 launchers, and a buyer coded "K-10," a designation Russia's state arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, uses for Iran.
- The APU-L launchers are designed primarily for Mi-28 attack helicopters and carry two LMUR guided missiles, known as Izdeliye 305, which can strike moving targets out to 14 kilometers with in-flight course corrections.
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The Spin
Pro-Russia narrative
Bullying sovereign nations into dropping Iran was always going to backfire, and the tighter Moscow-Tehran bond proves it. Sanctions and airstrikes haven't isolated anybody — all that's grown out of the campaign is a stronger bloc refusing to let one capital dictate who gets to trade with whom. Partnerships rooted in mutual respect outlast any economic siege.
Anti-Russia narrative
Handing missile launchers and advanced jets to a cornered regime is a lifeline thrown between two sanctioned systems that need each other to survive. Drones for Ukraine bought weapons and diplomatic cover in return, a trade that props up both regimes at everyone else's expense. Exposing the banks, ministries and state firms behind the deal makes shutting the network down possible.
