Posted on 11/24/2006 5:59:29 AM PST by JaneNC
Russia has begun delivery of Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran, a Defense Ministry official said Friday, confirming that Moscow would proceed with arms deals with Tehran in spite of Western criticism. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue, declined to specify when the deliveries had been made and how many systems had been delivered.
Ministry officials have previously said Moscow would supply 29 of the sophisticated missile systems to Iran under a $700 million contract signed in December, according to Russian media reports.
The United States called on all countries last spring to stop all arms exports to Iran, as well as ending all nuclear cooperation with it to put pressure on Tehran to halt uranium enrichment activities. Israel, too, has severely criticized arms deals with Iran.
Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but the United States and its allies suspect Iran is trying to develop weapons.
The U.N. Security Council, where Russia is a veto-wielding permanent member, is currently stalemated on the severity of sanctions on Iran for defying its demand to cease enrichment.
The Tor-M1 deal, involving conventional weapons, does not violate any international agreements.
Russian officials say the missiles are purely defensive weapons with a limited range.
According to the Interfax news agency, the Tor-M1 system can identify up to 48 targets and fire at two targets simultaneously at a height of up to 20,000 feet.
Russian media have reported previously that Moscow had conducted talks on selling even more powerful long-range S-300 air defense missiles, but Russian officials have denied that.
Breitbart.com http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/24/061124134543.qth288nm.html
Worthless garbage. Any American or Israeli aircraft flies double the hight of the maximum reach of the Tor-M1.
Let the Iranians waste their money.
See previous thread.
Putin is playing with fire, the Muslims who destroyed a theater and murdered children care not one whit who supplies them with arms, they will attack the Russians just as quickly as they attack their fellow muslims.
Putin is a dangerous little man, killing one of his KGB agents in London, turning on Poland and continuing to arm the most dangerous people on the planet. What's next for Pootie, murdering anyone who seems a danger to his agenda of hate America, freedom and fair elections. Russia is falling down a rathole with this punk as their great leader. Wake up, and smell the corruption coming from Moscow, we are the enemy to Putin and it is time we stop enabling this little monster.
I work with a girl from Russia who says we invaded Iraq. After this article, it's gonna take all I have to keep my mouth shut at work to keep my job.
Gog Magog
I agree with your post. Putin is playing with fire.
I work with a girl from Russia who says we invaded Iraq. After this article, it's gonna take all I have to keep my mouth shut at work to keep my job.
I wish I could tell her that....but I have to work directly with her and I can't start an argument at work.
[I wish I could tell her that....but I have to work directly with her and I can't start an argument at work.]
When the topic comes up, get her to voice her beliefs in front of other co-workers. An innocent, so, so-and-so, what do you think, by you or someone else might do the trick, lol.
We did invade Iraq. It's a statement of fact of fact. Did she say something else?
My boss is from Venezula...along with 2 other co-workers, then Cuba, Peurto Rico and Peru. I do work with a man from Isreal who's cousin fought against Lebanon....he was saying how most people in his country like Clinton over Bush-- and he doesn't understand it either. There is ONE man that I work with that is American and he's from Massachsetts. I'm cooked.
I think Russia is exporting assassinations too - London, Georgia, Lebanon.
Her former government supplied Saddam with weapons all the way up until the begining of the war.== Not true.
Soveit goverment indeed helped Saddam in 1979th with armament supply. But in 1980th it was American goverment which helped Saddam with amrmament. Russian goverment didn't supply Saddam with weapons.
"Russia to deliver arms to Iran"
The world's troublemaker supplies the world's most offensive mouth.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/3/17/123424.shtml
The majority of the Iraqi airforce was made in Russia!
And what makes you think they wouldn't have supplied them recently?? They're supplying IRAN RIGHT NOW!==
Iran is legitimate customer. Russia do not present them but sells them. For US dollars accually. You should bother where they get US dollars.
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