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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian Official: S-300 Shipment A Message From Moscow
2013-05-18
[Ynet] Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee in Russia's parliament, said that Moscow is against a no-fly zone in Syria "because they become the first step to an air campaign." He further added that sending S-300 to Syria "is a message ... we do not support any foreign interference in Syrian affairs."

"Syria has been asking from Russia to give it the possibility to defend it from air strikes," he told CNN's Ace newshound Christiane Amanpour.
The Jerusalem Post adds:
Russia sold advanced Yakhont antiship cruise missiles to Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
, outfitted with an advanced guidance system that makes them more effective than the older version of the missile Russia sold to Syria, The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
 cited two American officials as saying on Thursday.
The older version is the one that didn't notice Israeli airplanes heading toward and away from turning Syria's prized nuclear bomb manufactury into fine rubble, yes?
These missiles will allow Syria to thwart any attempt by international forces to reinforce Syrian rebels by imposing a naval embargo or no fly zone, Nick Brown the editor in chief of IHS Jane's International Defense Review told The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
“It enables the regime to deter foreign forces looking to supply the opposition from the sea, or from undertaking a more active role if a no-fly zone or shipping embargo were to be declared at some point,” Brown said, “It’s a real ship killer,” he added.

According to the Times report, Syria ordered the coastal defense version of the Yakhont system from Russia in 2007 and received the first units in early 2011.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4   S-300 Shipment A Message From Moscow

I read that as S-300 Shipman. Time to step away from the computer, Ima thinking.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-05-18 17:11  

#3  This stymies the Responsibility to Protect concept in Syria. The UN and all its bien pensant do-gooders are going to be so sad.
Posted by: tipper   2013-05-18 16:46  

#2  "Israel understands Assad". It also understands the Russian. :-)
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-18 10:58  

#1  It also keeps Syria working as a magnet drawing malcontents from Russia's eastern borders.
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-05-18 08:35  

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