Reports: Russia Confirms Iran Missile Contract

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies cited a top defense official Wednesday as confirming that a contract to sell powerful air-defense missiles to Iran was signed two years ago, but saying no such weapons have yet been delivered.

Russian officials have consistently denied claims the country already has provided some of the S-300 missiles to Iran. They have not said whether a contract existed.

The state-run ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies and the independent Interfax quoted an unnamed top official in the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service as saying the contract was signed two years ago. Service spokesman Andrei Tarabrin told The Associated Press he could not immediately comment.

Supplying S-300s to Iran would change the military balance in the Middle East and the issue has been the subject of intense speculation and diplomatic wrangling for months.

Israel and the United States fear that, were Iran to possess S-300 missiles, it would use them to protect its nuclear facilities — including the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz or the country's first atomic power plant, which is now being built by Russian contractors at Bushehr.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-03-18-russia-iran-missiles_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

[acmavm]

1. This is one of those Judy Tanuta moments: "It could happen..."

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Israel and the United States fear that, were Iran to possess S-300 missiles, it would use them to protect its nuclear facilities — including the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz or the country's first atomic power plant, which is now being built by Russian contractors at Bushehr.

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Ya think?

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Something to ponder, USA is bogged down in a defenseless country of 25 million

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Iran has 70 million and an effective air force and military

How the fuck can the USA even think of "doing" Iran

Russia and China are already tired of the USA screwing around in their back yard

If the USA wants global and/or nuclear war

then they are doing the right thing . .

(sigh)