Iran hails military ties with Russia

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Military, Russia, 300s, Air Defense Missiles, Close Ties, Defense Missile, First Nuclear Power Plant, Intense Speculation, Iran Military, Israeli Complaints, Military Balance In The Middle East, Military Ties, Missile Systems, Nuclear Power Plant, Russia Moscow, Russian Officials, S 300, tehran, weapons

Moscow has developed close ties with Tehran and is building its first nuclear power plant.
Russia also has supplied weapons to Iran, including Tor-M1 air-defense missiles, despite U.S. and Israeli complaints. However, Russian officials have rejected claims that they have provided Iran with more powerful, long-range S-300 air defense missile systems.
Supplying the S-300s to Iran would [...]

Analysis: An undetectable route to Iran

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Airspace, Bomb, Defense Missile, Enemy Fire, Fighter Jets, Fly, iaf, Imagine, Iran Air, iraq, Israel, Jordan, Missile Systems, Northern Israel, Nuclear Facilities, Radar Stations

Imagine this: Ten fighter jets take off from a base in northern Israel, fly over Jordan, Iraq and into Iran to bomb air-defense missile systems, radar stations and nuclear facilities. They then leave Iranian airspace safely without sustaining any enemy fire.
Sounds implausible? If the IAF has its way, the possibility will become realistic in the [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Syria, 1 Billion, Aviation, Bashar Al Assad, Business Daily, Defense Missile, Fighter Bombers, Georgia Russia, Israel News, Jet Fighters, jets, Kommersant, M2, Medium Range Missile, Mig, Military, Military Engineers, Military Ties, Missile System, Missile Systems, Monopoly, moscow, Novgorod, Planes, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Embassy Officials, Sokol, Stockpile, Strange Story, Syria, Syrian President Bashar Al, Tartous, Timesonline, Ynetnews

Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]