Drone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran

Drone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran

Published: May 8, 2026

Duration: 27:10

The Kremlin planned to provide Iran with unjammable drones, plus training in how to use them, according to leaked documents seen exclusively by The Economist. Meanwhile there are nearly 20,000 merchant seamen stranded in the Gulf. And a tribute to Craig Venter, dark horse of the Human Genome Project.


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Guests and host:

Shashank Joshi, defence editorJoshua Spencer, Asia news editorGeoffrey Carr, senior editor, science and technologyRosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

Iran war, Russia, d...