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Russia to supply Iran with anti-aircraft systems
Breaking news.ie ^ | 5/26/06

Posted on 05/26/2006 6:27:41 AM PDT by areafiftyone

Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov today reiterated Moscow’s commitment to supply Iran with sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles, the Interfax news agency reported.

“If there are no extraordinary circumstances, it (the contract) will without doubt be fulfilled,” Ivanov was quoted as saying.

Defence Ministry officials have previously said Moscow would supply 29 sophisticated Tor-M1 air defence missile systems to Iran under a €546.5m contract, according to Russian media reports.

The move was likely to upset the United States, which last month called on all countries to stop all arms exports to Iran and to end all nuclear cooperation with it to put pressure on Tehran to halt uranium enrichment activities.

Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, but the United States and some of its allies suspect Iran is trying to develop weapons.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: coldwar2; coldwarbyproxy; evilempire; iran; persia
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Nothing new here. Russia did the Same thing with Saddam Hussein when those sanctions were in place what make them think that they would stop selling to the enemy just because we say so?
1 posted on 05/26/2006 6:27:43 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
We will wild weasel them, end of story.
2 posted on 05/26/2006 6:29:01 AM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: areafiftyone

Russia is still our enemy plain and simple.


3 posted on 05/26/2006 6:29:28 AM PDT by Racer1
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To: areafiftyone

I agree 100%. They are probably laughing about our reaction over some Stoli and tonics.


4 posted on 05/26/2006 6:29:49 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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To: areafiftyone

They'll probably wind up getting stripped down versions that are easily destroyed or jammed by our guys............


5 posted on 05/26/2006 6:30:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: areafiftyone

Did anyone really believe that the 'Cold War' was over?


6 posted on 05/26/2006 6:31:10 AM PDT by maineman
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To: areafiftyone

Sounds like a good way for Russians to take Iranian money by giving them new toys without assembly instructions (ie, an integrated air defense and air defense C4 system.... which would almost certainly have to be staffed by Russians).


7 posted on 05/26/2006 6:35:15 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: areafiftyone

The S-300 system is of greater concern to the Pentagon. It is the premier mobile ballistic/cruise missle knockdown system. It would make cruise attacks very difficult. What the newspapers will not (because they cannot) report is what is the status of Iran's quest for the S-300s.


8 posted on 05/26/2006 6:35:54 AM PDT by rjp2005
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Unless the Russians man and maintain the systems they will be useless to the Iranians.


9 posted on 05/26/2006 6:37:48 AM PDT by sport
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Russia is just SO giving, aren't they?????

grrrrh!!!

Ilia does it again!

10 posted on 05/26/2006 6:38:02 AM PDT by NordP (Dig a moat the length of Mexican border, take the dirt & raise New Orleans' leavies, add alligators.)
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"We will wild weasel them, end of story."

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No way, Jose! What people are never told in that History Channel episode is that the Wild Weasels should never have existed in the first place. Because of the ridiculous "rules of engagement" we were not allowed to attack SAM sites UNTIL they were actually firing at our aircraft. The Weasels were expcted to fly out and shake their booty until the missile batteries cut loose. Only THEN were they allowed to blast them. The whole thing was a grim farce. The men who died or were captured on such missions were sacrificed to LBJ's cowardice.


11 posted on 05/26/2006 6:38:23 AM PDT by sinanju
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“If there are no extraordinary circumstances,

Like the entire country being vaporized?

12 posted on 05/26/2006 6:39:26 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: sport

They will sell them the parts they need if they break down. The Russians are greedy just like the Chinese. Those two countries are always against sanctions for Terrorist regimes because they make tons of money selling weapons to them.


13 posted on 05/26/2006 6:39:52 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone

Didn't we do the same with Russia's enemies? It's just the way the world works.


14 posted on 05/26/2006 6:41:35 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: areafiftyone

Apparently, Russia believes it is more desireable to have an antagonistic foreign policy towards the West than a cooperative one, which is unfortunate since we both face a determined and deadly common enemy - islam. Putin may want to bone up on Iran and look up what religion his 'allies' belong to.


15 posted on 05/26/2006 6:41:37 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
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To: areafiftyone

Ah yes, our good friends, the Russians. /sarc


16 posted on 05/26/2006 6:43:42 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (If you don't understand the word "Illegal", then the public school system has failed you.)
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wild weasel them...

I give up. What does that mean?

17 posted on 05/26/2006 6:46:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (Real trolls are brief, insulting, and at the top of threads.)
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To: GOPJ

Go here. http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/milarticles/blweasel.htm


18 posted on 05/26/2006 6:51:10 AM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: areafiftyone

Russia's State Arms Agency, "Rosoboronexport" will sell to "any company, any country". It is their motto.

I know; -thats what they told me in Moscow last summer.


19 posted on 05/26/2006 6:53:31 AM PDT by MarshallDillon (say cheese)
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I can't argue with you because we did. It's tit for tat I guess.


20 posted on 05/26/2006 6:55:45 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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