Moscow/Tehran, Sept. 2 -- Russia has reportedly been helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles under a programme that could give Tehran a strong boost in its ability to target US aircraft carriers and other vessels in the region, according to the Financial Times.
The newspaper said in a Tuesday report that the development programme began in 2023 and is focused on technology that would make Iranian cruise missiles significantly harder to intercept than slower, subsonic variants.
The FT said its investigation was based on Russian correspondence, travel records and military patents, describing the programme as "one of the most significant known transfers of strategic military technology from Moscow to Tehran".
Codenamed "C430L", the p...