for some time the United States has warned of an additional threat the provision by Iran of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine we've warned Iran publicly we've warned Iran privately that taking this step would constitute a dramatic escalation dozens of Russian military personnel have been trained in Iran to use the F 360 close-range ballistic missile system which has a maximum range of 75 miles Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against ukrainians Russia has an array of its own ballistic missiles but the supply of Iranian missiles enables Russia to use more of its Arsenal for targets that are further from the front line while dedicating the new missiles it's receiving from Iran for closer range targets