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To: james500
The system is the new Tor-M1 launcher, and the Iranians bought 29 of them from Russia for $750 million to guard their nuclear sites. The Tor launchers were delivered in January, according to Agency France-Press and ITAR-TASS.

IF true that is the most expensive Soviet Paper Weight I have ever heard of....

Gosh, that is beautiful, not only will they pay for these things, but Israel may blow them up! So they are humiliated twice! Syria and Iran would be the most recent Darwin Award Recipents! Oh my that is Shadenfreude city.....

22 posted on 10/04/2007 8:19:33 PM PDT by taildragger
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To: taildragger

“IF true that is the most expensive Soviet Paper Weight I have ever heard of....”

Saddam also bought a ton of soviet paper weights. The proof Soviet technology does not work is that Saddam is not available to tell you that himself.

For the Russians it is a perfect scheme. If your defensive weapons don’t work, no one is left to complain.

Brilliant.


28 posted on 10/04/2007 9:03:40 PM PDT by JSteff (Reality= realizing you are not nearly important enough for the government to tap your phone.)
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