🇷🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸 Russia reportedly helped Iran hit U.S. targets more accurately during the war, using its spy satellites.
14 Russian satellites passed over the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in the 2 days before Iran struck it.
Some could capture high-resolution images of the base, while others could intercept communications and pinpoint air defenses.
The late-March strike wounded roughly a dozen U.S. service members and destroyed a KC-135 refueling tanker and an AWACS early-warning aircraft worth hundreds of millions, which had been moved off its usual spot before the war but was hit anyway.
The satellite activity reportedly fed Iran the positions of U.S. forces and facilities across the region, and the pattern wasn't a one-off.
One case is said to have helped Iran hit a CIA-linked target in Riyadh.
Moscow denies providing any such help to Tehran.
Russia and Iran keep deepening ties, with Tehran having armed Russia's war in Ukraine with Shahed drones and Moscow now returning the favor.
Source: CNN / Writer: Julie
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