{"id":7998,"date":"2023-03-01T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7998"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:54:54","slug":"iranian-drones-in-ukraine-warm-up-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2023\/03\/01\/iranian-drones-in-ukraine-warm-up-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Drones in Ukraine: Warm-up for Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/11\/01\/erdogans-move-toward-an-islamic-caliphate\/eye-on-the-middle-east-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Russia\u2019s use of Iranian-made unmanned drones in its war against Ukraine is forcing Israel to step up its own defenses against such weapons, as analysts warn that Ukraine is a testing ground for a future Iranian war against Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Iranian Drones in Ukraine: Warm-up for Israel?<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/iranian-drones-in-ukraine-warm-up-for-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel My Glory<\/a> | March 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s use of Iranian-made unmanned drones in its war against Ukraine is forcing Israel to step up its own defenses against such weapons, as analysts warn that Ukraine is a testing ground for a future Iranian war against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Since the first Iranian combat drones arrived in Russia in August 2022, Russian forces have launched hundreds of them from long distances, targeting vital Ukrainian infrastructure, including electricity and water facilities. Although Ukrainians have shot down up to 80 percent of the drones, enough of them hit their targets, leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/iranian-drones-in-ukraine-warm-up-for-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s use of Iranian-made unmanned drones in its war against Ukraine is forcing Israel to step up its own defenses against such weapons, as analysts warn that Ukraine is a testing ground for a future Iranian war against Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,233],"tags":[234,5,65,162,249],"class_list":["post-7998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-middle-east","tag-friends-of-israel","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iranian Drones in Ukraine: Warm-up for Israel? 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