Russia: Missile deal protects Syria from invasion
Russia: Missile deal protects Syria from invasion – Israel News, Ynetnews.
Russian deputy FM says S-300 will deter foreign intervention in the country; ‘Will help restrain ‘hot heads,” he says, warns against lift of arms embargo
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Russia reserves the right to provide Syria with state-of-the art air defense missiles, seeing it as a key deterrent against foreign intervention in the country, a top Russian official said Tuesday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov wouldn’t say whether Russia has shipped any of the long-range S-300 air defense missile systems, but added that Moscow isn’t going to abandon the deal despite strong Western and Israeli criticism.
“We understand the concerns and signals sent to us from different capitals, we realize that many of our partners are concerned about the issue,” Ryabkov said, adding that “we have no reason to revise our stance.”
“We believe that such steps to a large extent help restrain some `hot heads’ considering a scenario to give an international dimension to this conflict,” he said.
Russia has been the key ally of the Syrian regime, protecting it from the United Nations sanctions and providing it with weapons despite the civil war there that has claimed over 70,000 lives.
Moscow, however, so far has refrained from providing Damascus with the S-300s, a powerful weapon that has a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) and the capability to track down and strike multiple targets simultaneously. The weapon would mean a quantum leap in Syria’s air defense capability,
including against neighboring countries that oppose Assad’s regime.
Ryabkov’s statement comes a day after European Union’s decision to lift an arms embargo to Syrian opposition. He criticized the EU decision, saying it would help “fuel” the conflict and defended the S-300 deal, saying the air defense weapons can’t be used in the civil war against the opposition, which doesn’t have aircraft.
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WarSclerotic 
May 28, 2013 at 5:19 PM
Missile deal is exactly what is needed for Syria to be blown in all the four wind directions by the IAF. No such missiles should or would be tolerated on Syrian soil by Israel. It simply wont be.
May 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM
I really don’t think the missiles will make it to Syria in one piece.
May 29, 2013 at 3:12 PM
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/05/28/israel-threatens-to-bomb-russian-shipments-of-advanced-s-300-missiles-to-syria/
May 28, 2013 at 7:50 PM
i predict the Russian navy lasts for no more than 12 hours in a conflict,we recently war gamed this 3 times and Russia lost its entire navy and air force in the first 48 hours,and that was just with the tiny IAF and IDF,the UK has a destroyer in the gulf that can down every aircraft in Europe and the middle east SEA VIPER,i cant wait to watch the Russians burn
May 28, 2013 at 7:20 PM
Russia has made its position clear from the beginning of the foreign financed violence against the Syrian government.
No matter the usual brouhaha emanating from Israel, there is very little it can do now to prevent delivery of defense systems to Syria.
Every country has the right to defend itself against foreign aggression, and so does Syria.
And for those who still think that Russia will sit on its hands when Iran comes under attack, just watch the Russian ships cross the Caspian sea to supply the Iranians with whatever they require, and then some….
May 28, 2013 at 7:45 PM
russia is a inferior tiny minor power with no clout apart from its loud mouth about to be annihilated by the fsa armed with the very latest anti ship and anti air weapons and heavy armor all on route and payed for by the UK and France Russia is about to lose its navy and have its final days,russia will get the floor wiped with it then its time to kill iran,fuck islam fuck russia,we will also be arming the Chechnya’s thats next on the list we intend to arm all Russia and irans enemy’s,you should change sides now renbe come and work for us
May 28, 2013 at 8:11 PM
I share your disdain with Russia and am not defending them one bit. But my concern is they have one hell of a nuclear arsenal that is fully capable of destroying the world many times over. Call me crazy, but I remember the days of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. I also remember the silent fear borne by many. Furthermore, I recall fallout shelters were big business in those days. While the Russian nuclear arsenal back then was nothing compared to today, the fear of nuclear war in me remains the same.
May 29, 2013 at 7:39 AM
Nice rant, all be it completely illogical and irrational. You could try to improve somewhat on your grammar and punctuation though.
How much are you willing to pay for my services?
May 28, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Talking about aggression. You already started the war by using your hamas and hizbollah-zombies to fight Israel.
Any attack on your mullahs is legitimate defence.
Unfortunately, the crappy Russian ships cannot bring what you need most:Brain.
There is nothing the Russians can do for you when the things around you start to blow up.
May 29, 2013 at 7:40 AM
Funny to read that you think I am Iranian. Don’t worry about me, my friend, I live in a country far away from places where thing (might) blow up.
May 29, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Sprechen Sie Deutsch Renbe?
May 29, 2013 at 5:50 PM
we know where renbe is its not there ether if i were you renbe i would disappear espresso,as like i said you know just that little bit too much and we want to interrogate you
May 29, 2013 at 5:58 PM
renbe is in the UK
May 28, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Obama has apparently asked the pentagon for final plans for a no-fly zone over Syria
May 28, 2013 at 10:49 PM
The Atlantic: Israeli or U.S. Action Against Iran: Who Will Do It If It Must Be Done?
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/israeli-or-us-action-against-iran-who-will-do-it-if-it-must-be-done/276295/
May 29, 2013 at 8:12 AM
A very long story to tell one thing:
Please attack Iran for us,
Best regards,
Israel
May 29, 2013 at 2:42 PM
Go back to sleep. Peace.