Posted on 02/23/2015 5:44:59 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
In an announcement that seems certain to further inflame opinions about a proposed deal to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity, it was revealed today that Russia’s state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec has offered to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. Related Stories
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Obama says “Cool, Iran has another delivery system with this for their nukes”.
Given Russia’s negative experiences with Jihad, it’s tough to see why they want to hang out with Iran and Syria.
Even the Russians know how stupid we are in giving Iran nukes and are looking to exploit it for their own benefit.
Who wrote this Krap?
Time is running out to take action. Bibi knows it.
Sigh. They're queuing up for toilet paper in Venezuela and purchasing $1 billion missile systems. I have only bit of advice for anyone, especially Iran, who is purchasing Soviet weapons systems: caveat emptor.
Because they are insane?!
These asshats, including all of ours, are going to get a lot of people killed.
The most significant gap is between Lurch’s ears.
I go some additional stuff in their from Related stories....decided to leave it there...
Is that what you are referring to?
My apologies if so....
Iranian regime must be furious the Russians don't give away toys for free.. Khomeini turning in his grave..
It doesn’t matter, our planes (and therefore Israel’s) are better than Russia’s missiles and therefore cannot be shot down. How do I know that? Easy, we spend more money on our military than Russia does, therefore we can always defeat their hardware. Get back with me when Russia starts matching our military spending.
(unfortunately, that’s how a large number of FReepers see it)
This isn’t the first offer of a Russia/Iran state-of-the-art missile rodeo:
Russia May Send S-300 Missiles to Iran via Belarus (2006)
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