How can a cruise missile be a defensive weapon?
Remember, the Russians/Communists are Orwellian - Peace is War and War is Peace!
Defensive is Offensive and Offensive is Defensive.
Trust us!
“Moscow: Sale to Syria of advanced cruise missile will not change military balance in region” ...
... because the Israeli’s will blow this shit out of the sky twenty seconds after launch.
When it’s a preemptive strike.
Folks - we all are looking at this wrong...
Russian doesen’t care two beans about “balance of power in the region”.
Russia wants $$$ - period. They don’t care who they sell too. They just want the cash.
Anyone really believe that Russia thinks they are helping Iran to provide electricity? Yeah -right. Russian knows and doesn’t care that they are providing nuclear weapons tech and supplies to a terrorist nation (at least until they find themselves on the receiving end of a device...Chechen rebels???
No - Iran, just like Syria - represents CASH, and the old bear needs cash to rebuild its own military.