Report: Russian Arms Syria with Supersonic [Iskander] Missiles
Mon, December 10, 2012
by: Reza Kahlili
Hours after NATO agreed on Tuesday to send Patriot missiles to Turkey because of the crisis in Syria, Russia delivered its first shipment of Iskander missiles to Syria.
The superior Iskander can travel at hypersonic speed of over 1.3 miles per second (Mach 6-7) and has a range of over 280 miles with pinpoint accuracy of destroying targets with its 1,500-pound warhead, a nightmare for any missile defense system.
According to Mashregh, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard media outlet, Russia had warned Turkey not to escalate the situation, but with Turkey’s request for Patriot missiles, it delivered its first shipment of Iskanders to Syria.
Reporting today, Mashregh said the handover occurred when Russian naval logistic vessels docked at Tartus in Syria.
The Iskandar is a surface-to-surface missile that no missile defense system can trace or destroy, Mashregh said. Russia had earlier threatened that should America put its missile defense system in Poland, it would retaliate by placing its Iskander missiles at Kaliningrad, its Baltic Sea port.
Russia’s delivery of Iskanders to Bashar Assad’s embattled regime clearly shows that the security and stability of Syria remains Russia’s red line, Mashregh said. It is unknown how many of these missiles have been delivered but the numbers given are sufficient to destroy any Patriot missiles in Turkey, it said.
The delivery of the missile not only threatens the security of Turkey but also Israel, which would have to recalculate its strategy with its defensive and offensive capabilities.
http://www.radicalislam.org/analysis/report-russian-arms-syria-supersonic-missiles
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Same topic [Iskander missiles] also covered in this thread:
Russia Arms Syria With Powerful Ballistic Missiles
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2966842/posts
Also covered in last 10 minutes in this 12-10-12 interview with Kahili by John Bachelor.
http://wabcradio.com/getpodcast.aspx?sid=33447&lid=5145&id=2591022&source=1&url=http://podloc.andomedia.com/dloadTrack.mp3?prm=10803xhttp://podfuse-dl.andomedia.com/800185/podfuse-origin.andomedia.com/citadel_origin/pods/WABC/WABC-Batchelor/jbs_121012c.mp3
Iskander deal also mentioned in this article from Oct 4, 2011:
‘NATO troops prepping for war’: Syrian warns attack will set Middle East on flames.
http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2011/10/04/%E2%80%98nato-troops-prepping-for-war%E2%80%99-syrian-warns-attack-will-set-middle-east-on-flames/