Russian weapons turned out to be a dud. They bought fresh ones from the Chinese for oil

Zdjęcie: Rosyjska broń okazała się bublem. Nową kupili od Chińczyków za ropę / shutterstock


After the war with Israel, Iran began to intensively rebuild its decimated air defenses. It purchased Chinese rocket systems, paying for them with oil. The earlier, Russian S-300s, proved ineffective against modern Israeli and US aircraft.