According to reports from the United States on the 27th, recently, Russian authorities are significantly expanding the Alabuga Industrial Zone in the Republic of Tatarstan within Russia, a factory specifically producing the Iranian "small motorcycle," Shahed-136 suicide drones. It is reported that dozens of large buildings have been erected, including workers' dormitories and new drone production bases. It is claimed that this factory could eventually expand to employ more than 40,000 workers, assembling and producing the Iranian "small motorcycle," Shahed-136 suicide drones. According to publicly available information from Russia, the Russian military has achieved a monthly production of thousands of Iranian "small motorcycles," Shahed-136 suicide drones, which is nine times the previous production volume. Currently, Russia has completely moved away from relying on Iran for components to produce the Iranian "small motorcycle," Shahed-136 suicide drones, and has already exported the Shahed-136 suicide drones. The Russian military has recognized the Shahed-136 suicide drone as one of the essential weapons for future warfare and one of the strategic-level strike weapons. According to Western estimates, it is said that the production capacity of the Iranian "small motorbike" in Russia will increase to over 300,000 units per year in the future. If Russia achieves this production capacity, it will surpass China's domestic production, as we haven't had a war, so the production of suicide drones is naturally not high. However, drone production relies on potential. According to U.S. estimates, North Korea will send a large number of highly educated industrial workers, approximately 25,000 North Korean workers, to Russia to produce the Shahed-136 suicide drones. Russia will also transfer related drone technologies to its East Asian neighbors, which is expected to enable North Korea to mass-produce similar suicide drones.
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