Breaking: UAV sale to Russia back on in exchange for S-300 freeze?
Israel's Channel 2 television reported on Wednesday night that the sale of Israeli UAV's to Russia is back on in exchange for a Russian agreement not to sell the S-300 anti-missile defense system to Iran.Israel Television Channel 2 News reported this evening that, with the consent of the U.S., Israel is going through with the sale of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia in exchange for a freeze on the Russian sale to Iran of the S-300, one of the most advanced multi-target anti-aircraft-missile systems in the world today.Hmmm.
According to Channel 2 News, the sale is very unusual as Russia does not buy foreign weapons systems.
UPDATE 8:41 AM
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:03 AM
2 Comments:
So the sale was just held up to get a quid pro quo from the Russians and it apparently worked.
Hmmm
since this is all just an excersise in information transfer, how 'bouts we order some Tor-m and S-300 systems from russia? purely for defensive purposes mind you...
lest see some quid for our pro
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