Russia Helping Iran Develop Ship-Killing Missiles

Russia has been secretly assisting Iran’s development of supersonic missiles that could threaten United States warships in the Middle East, the Telegraph reported today.

• The collaborative missile project started in 2023 and has persisted through the current U.S.-Iran war, with the goal of arming Iran with a new generation of difficult-to-intercept missiles that could strike American warships.
• “This is the transfer of a highly strategically sensitive military technology from Russia that the Iranians have wanted to acquire for decades,” weapons analyst Fabian Hinz said, adding that such a program “would require political clearance from the very top in Russia.”

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened “tremendous” consequences for nations that maintain trade ties with Iran. But Russia is going much further, helping Iran build cutting-edge weapons to target U.S. assets.

Will this revelation make it harder for Trump to give Vladimir Putin, whom he continues to treat with deference, a pass? Whatever the U.S. response, this is further evidence of the danger posed by the prophesied “prince of Russia.”