Russia has begun supplying parts for the advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile defense system, according to an IRNA (Iranian national news agency) report on Sunday, which quoted Iranian politician Ismail Kosari.
Iran and Russia, after years of negotiations, had finally struck a deal, Kosari was quoted as saying.
According to Kosari, Iran's deputy chairman of the parliamentary commission on national
security and foreign policy, Teheran will use the S-300 for border security.
The Jerusalem Post could not immediately confirm the veracity of the report.
Last week, Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, urged Russia not to sell the S-300 to Iran.
"The deliveries of dangerous armaments to our enemies won't serve the interests of peace and, for instance, can help Iran wipe Israel off the face of earth," Gilad was quoted by Interfax as saying. "So we expect Russia to demonstrate responsibility on the issue."
Gilad was visiting Moscow and was quoted in response to a question about possible deliveries of the Russian S-300 air defense missiles to Iran.
The S-300 is one of the most advanced multi-target anti-aircraft-missile systems in the world today and has a reported ability to track up to 100 targets simultaneously while engaging up to 12 at the same time. It has a range of about 200 kilometers and can hit targets at altitudes of 90,000 feet.
The S-300 system was first deployed by the USSR in 1979 and was designed to defend large industrial and administrative facilities and military bases, and to control airspace against enemy aircraft.
There are a number of countries throughout Europe in possession of the system, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine and possibly Croatia.
Iran has the right to defend itself just as any other nation would. And if Iran even attempted to "wipe Israel off the map", Iran itself would be "wiped off the map". How stupid can such an assertion be. It's fear mongering, pure and simple.
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Dec-21-2008 18:03
otec
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Amsterdam
quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
Iran has the right to defend itself just as any other nation would. And if Iran even attempted to "wipe Israel off the map", Iran itself would be "wiped off the map". How stupid can such an assertion be. It's fear mongering, pure and simple.
Please explain how this ^^^^ can wipe out Israel out of the map?
Quoting Amos Gilad, "The deliveries of dangerous armaments to our enemies won't serve the interests of peace and, for instance, can help Iran wipe Israel off the face of earth," Gilad was quoted by Interfax as saying. "So we expect Russia to demonstrate responsibility on the issue."
I am responding to that quote.
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Dec-21-2008 18:57
otec
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Amsterdam
quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
Quoting Amos Gilad, "The deliveries of dangerous armaments to our enemies won't serve the interests of peace and, for instance, can help Iran wipe Israel off the face of earth," Gilad was quoted by Interfax as saying. "So we expect Russia to demonstrate responsibility on the issue."
I am responding to that quote.
True, this quote doesn't have any sense.
Dec-21-2008 19:02
hardcore trancer
Mystic Mind
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto,Canada
Excellent news. Glad to see Iran is securing its boarders from possible threats.
This is going to hurt Iran when the US never invades.
Dec-21-2008 21:40
otec
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Amsterdam
Re: Re: Russia sending S-300 parts to Iran
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Originally posted by ********
I wanted to say = yah like russian arms helped Iraq --- but felt that if I ever want to travel to russia in the future with the new disent law I need to watch what I say.
In response... SO WHAT.. to hell with regime change by force, stay out of foreign states domestic affairs. Nuff said. Fix your own country first.
LOL, a couple of AK47 that Iraq had, have helped to kill like how many 1000? US soliders. They didn't have anything else worthy from russian weaponary. Of course if you don't count some middle-age stuff from 60s.
OH WAIT! I forgot I want to travel to the US and eat some good fast food, and who knows maybe this forum is full of CIA agents. I don't really want to spend the rest of my days at guantanamo bay being nailed by some fat and brave US soldier.
Dec-22-2008 09:25
otec
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Amsterdam
apprently Iraq was trying to obtain WMD prior to the us invasion too
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russian agents are so poor, that's why I think, they've decided to cover the 'stuff' in the sand until the rumble is over.
Dec-22-2008 09:50
Joss Weatherby
Banned
Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course
The bigger news was when they sold TOR M-1 systems to Iran, which are apparently very affective against extremely low altitude targets such as cruise missiles or, lets say Israeli F-16's.
Dec-26-2008 23:44
Jake Benson
Supreme Vaginaddict
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: New York
quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
Iran has the right to defend itself just as any other nation would. And if Iran even attempted to "wipe Israel off the map", Iran itself would be "wiped off the map". How stupid can such an assertion be. It's fear mongering, pure and simple.
Considering Egypt and Syria tried to invade Israel 35 years ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Iran tried something.
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
The bigger news was when they sold TOR M-1 systems to Iran, which are apparently very affective against extremely low altitude targets such as cruise missiles or, lets say Israeli F-16's.
Absolutely. Besides, S-300's are now a shadow of what S-400's can do!
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