Posted on 12/16/2005 8:11:20 AM PST by kronos77
Posted 05-Dec-2005 04:44 Related stories: Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Radars, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat Also on this day: 05-Dec-2005 » ORD_SAM_SA-15_Radar.jpg Tor M-1 (click to view full)
Novosti in Russia and western media outlets like Reuters are reporting that Russia will sell about 30 Tor M-1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile systems. Greece had bought 21 of the systems and had the right to another 29, but scrapped the deal in the late 1990s. Those missiles will now find their way to Iran, where they will be emplaced between 2006-2008 around the Bushehr nuclear power plant. That reactor is due to be completed by Russia in 2007, and is widely seen as a component of Iran's atomic bomb program.
The SA-15 can reportedly identify up to 48 targets and fire at two targets simultaneously at a height of 20 to 6,000 meters (60-20,000 feet). It is capable of engaging aircraft, helicopters, UAV, precision-guided weapons and various types of guided missiles. Interfax news agency separately quoted a source as saying the deal, which would also include modernising Iran's air force and supplying some patrol boats, was worth more than $1 billion, including $700 million or so for the SA-15s.
Seriously: How? Other than (possibly)nuking a few critical sites, I don't see that Israel has that kind of power protection capability.
Likely I am just ignorant, but what use would that be against a bomber flying at 25,000ft?
Putin is acting like a Commie again....
We have the F-22 now.
He's not acting.
India has interests in the region as well as in the war on terror(see today's posts on alQuaeda bomb threat to indian parliament) and it's already nucular. Hem Iran between Iraq having a legimate army and India and I believe the region will stabilize-- though that's five years down the road I guess.
I forgot.. He is a communist. He just can't come out and say it (yet). Putin longs for the return of the CCCP.
IMO, Israel will have to go Nuke. The distances are too far for anything but limited strikes.
When Israel goes nuke the whole game changes as well as the players. This is the next world war and I fear Israel will end up being a smoking crater.
Or vice versa
Ones survival takes precedence over the "feelings" of others.
Especially since no matter what Israel does most of the world will hate them.
I have no doubt that Israel will first strike. I'm just speculating on their survival afterwards.
Let our Air Force/Navy do it for them.
I didn't know that Iran had a treaty with the Soviet Union. Could you please tell me more?
Are you goofy? Her guns? Maybe her Tomahawk cruise missiles! Sailors call them Billy Clinton's hard-on, because x42 used them in strikes designed to keep little jewess's BJ's off the frontpages. My military buddies were not at all happy with that 8 year hangover.
bttt
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