Notice how the word "new" is used in describing Russia's latest weapons systems offering to Iran, the S-300.With the overall state of ineptitude that characterizes the effectiveness of Russian weaponry, I don't think the s-300, new or otherwise is going to make the slightest difference in the case of any real-world scenario.
But I thought President Bush said that Putti was a good man and our friend????
As on yesterday’s thread, Iran is free to waste its money any way they want.
According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300
“Iran’s status regarding the S-300 system remains controversial. They seem to have acquired an unknown number of S-300PMU-1 missiles in 1993, maybe even recently from Belarus.[17] Iran signed a contract with Russia on 25 December 2007 on the sales of the S-300PMU-1 missile system. The date of S-300 delivery is yet to be revealed.”
and
“Syria announced an intention to buy the S-300P in 1991 and now seems to possess the system”
We all know the efficacy of the Syrian air defense.
The effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the air defense weapons purchased from the Russians pales in comparison to our disfunctional intelligence gathering. If Congress, the MSM and traitors within the State Department, CIA or other intelligence agencies continue to leak/subvert and hamper our intelligence gathering and compromise us, that is of more concern than any enemy we encounter.
Geez...first uranium, then helicopters, now missiles. From Russia with love....
Iran is preparing for a deadly apocalyptic holy war, and if we don’t do anything other than sit on our asses at UN meetings and say “It’s a peaceful program,” we are going to suffer the consequences.