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| Report: Israeli intel prompts Russia to freeze missile delivery to Iran |
| 2016-03-06 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran in light of Tehran’s violation of an earlier pledge not to provide sophisticated Russian-made weaponry to the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, according to a report Saturday in the Kuwaiti daily Al Jarida. A senior source told the newspaper that the Russian leader elected to punish the Iranian regime after Israel supplied him with clear-cut evidence that Tehran had given its proxy Hezbollah SA-22 surface-to-air missiles. The intelligence information was corroborated by reports from Russian pilots flying their fighter jets over Lebanon and Syria. The Russian air force anti-missile radars were able to detect SA-22 systems stashed in regions of Lebanon that are under the control of the Shi’ite militia. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 wikipedia says the sa-22 is yet to be delivered to Iran, but has been delivered to Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. (Oh, and is also used in Syria by Russians). Any of those could have been the original purchasers, IMHO. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-06 17:39 |
| #5 The history of Russian weapons in the hands of Arabs trying to use them against the Isael is not stellar. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-03-06 17:04 |
| #4 Not likely. He doesn't care if Israel suffers But he cares if Russia suffers and Russia will suffer when IAF demonstrates what most advanced Russian systems are ineffective. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-06 15:47 |
| #3 Maybe Vlad is upset that Russian missiles could shoot down Russian planes, and not be caused by 'Friendly Fire'? I'm reading Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor and by New Years Day, 1945, both sides were shooting at anything that approached them - "If it flies, it dies". |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-03-06 12:20 |
| #2 Was it ever really going to happen? |
| Posted by: Menhadden Glereck6400 2016-03-06 10:41 |
| #1 Not likely. He doesn't care if Israel suffers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-03-06 09:22 |