Russia Secretly Stocked Iran With Missile Launchers Before the U.S. War, Records Show
Internal Russian defense records show Moscow contracted to supply Iran with launchers for precision-guided missiles before the U.S.-Iran war erupted, Fox News Digital reported Friday.
Ukrainian defense intelligence research group Dallas Analytics published documents describing a Russian contract for 90 APU-L twin-rail launchers with Tehran as the destination, according to Fox News.
Production-chain shipments were scheduled from late 2024 through December 2025 under a contract labeled “K-10,” the records show.
Other internal paperwork obtained by Dallas Analytics explicitly identifies “K-10” as Iran, including an October 2022 supply request for Yak-130 aircraft equipment countersigned by a Russian Defense Ministry military representative, Fox News reported.
Iranian state media later showed Yak-130 aircraft entering service, and Dallas Analytics said at least one Iranian tail number matched the K-10 factory list.
The APU-L launchers are built to carry Russia’s LMUR precision-guided missile, also known as Product 305 or the Kh-39, a roughly 230-pound weapon with a 55-pound warhead guided in flight by an operator.
Iran had publicly planned to acquire Russian Mi-28 attack helicopters capable of carrying the missile, and export-variant Mi-28NE helicopters were photographed in Iran in January 2026, according to Fox News.
The documents do not prove every completed launcher reached Iran, though Dallas Analytics told Fox the contract itself is “a very strong proof” of the intended transfer.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed Russia’s role in the Iran war, saying as recently as last month that he did not believe Moscow was helping Iran “at all.”
U.S. intelligence has separately assessed that Russia provided Iran information on American military locations and, more recently, satellite imagery and weapons components, Fox News reported.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Russian assistance was not impeding U.S. operations, while Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the U.S. was tracking Moscow’s support and folding it into battle plans.
This week the State Department sanctioned a Russia-based individual accused of helping Iran seek Chinese-made man-portable air-defense systems, underscoring a parallel procurement fight.
Fox News said it sought comment from the White House, State Department and Department of War.
The disclosure adds a concrete paper trail to a partnership Trump has publicly minimized even as Democrats prepare to challenge the war’s funding and purpose.
Dallas Analytics framed the K-10 paperwork as evidence of a deeper Russian logistics pipeline into Iran’s air and missile forces, not a one-off spare-parts deal.
That matters politically because Trump has treated Moscow as a secondary actor while Democrats and some Republicans argue foreign enablers prolonged a costly fight.
If the launchers or related components did move, the records suggest Iran’s arsenal had more Russian fingerprints than the president has publicly allowed.
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