[myknowledge]

With Iran's acquisition of the S-300 (SA-20B Gargoyle), the Israeli Air Force will not be able to take out the nuke facilities without being shot down, because there is not a squadron of F-22 Raptors available.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why were the hypocritical Bears whining about US controlled missile defense towers in Poland, anyhow? And why did Obama blink?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks myknowledge.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2418483/posts?page=2663#2663

Delivery of these systems will put the hands to midnight, meaning that all the waiting (for perchance the overthrow of the mullahcracy by the Iranian people) has not worked out; not sure Israel will strike Iran first, probably strike its proxies. Israel prefers commando operations or covert ops (such as assassination, or abduction for trial in Israel). At the very least, ground observers will be present to verify the exact spot where the air strikes have to hit and to verify that the strikes were correctly carried out.

[SunkenCiv]

• Netanyahu reaffirms Israel claim to parts of West Bank

[Primorsky]

>there is not a squadron of F-22 Raptors available

Even F-22 is not problem for Russian air defence technology

Russian "anti-stealth" radar NNIIRT 1L13 Nebo:

The most important thing that it can be integrated with S-300 SAM.

"Published performance data indicate that this radar has sufficient accuracy to be used as a battery target acquisition radar for the S-300PMU-1/2 / SA-20 Gargoyle and S-400 / SA-21 Growler Surface to Air Missile systems. Numerous Russian sources are citing exceptionally good performance against VLO/LO (stealth and stealthy targets) aircraft targets."

[bergmeid]

Gog and Magog playing out.

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[eleni121]

Well then maybe Israel should stop sending war material to Georgia...

[Sax]

Isn’t this the same missile system that was suspected to have been aboard the Arctic Sea. The ship that was reportedly hijacked by someone (Israelis) and afterwards had its entire crew detain and sequestered in Moscow.

There never was a public reckoning on that incident. I kept looking for updates and developements, but it all faded away.

Looks like they’re going to try again and just force it through out in the open this time.

[dervish]

Ha’aretz is a leftist newspaper.

Contrast this article from the centrist Jerusalem Post:

“None of the missiles have been delivered, Russian officials say, although there have been no public explanations for the delay. Some observers suggest Russia is holding back on the missiles to persuade Iran to back off on its nuclear ambitions.”

and

“On Monday, Medvedev welcomed Netanyahu and said Russia regards Israel as more than an ordinary partner.”

http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=168784