Irans S-300s delivered in 1 or 2 mths

[Ibizan Hound]

Russia will deliver S-300 to Iran in 2 months: Envoy


Press TV - Russia has ensured that it will honor a deal providing Iran with the S-300 sophisticated anti-aircraft system, Tehran's envoy to Moscow says.

Mohammad-Reza Sajjadi on Friday rejected reports that Russia had pulled out of the deal due to a delay in the delivery of the system to Iran.

"We had heard reports that Russia would not deliver these systems to Iran, but we asked the Russian side and they denied it," he told reporters in Moscow.

"The delivery deadline has already passed, but the Russian side has cited technical problems which it said it was working on to fix," Sajjadi added. "We feel that this question will be resolved within one to two months."

He said neither Iran nor Russia planed to "go back" on the contract, which he said was "profitable" for both sides.

Russia's procrastination over the delivery of the advanced system to Iran has drawn harsh criticism from officials in Tehran.

Earlier this month, Chief of Staff of Iran's Joint Armed Forces Hassan Firouzabadi questioned Moscow's motivation for the delay. He said under a contract signed between the two countries, the Russian government was expected to supply Iran with the system aimed at boosting the country's defensive capabilities.

"The delivery is more than six months overdue," the top official said, urging Russia to expedite the process of delivery.

Russia will deliver S-300 to Iran in 2 months: Envoy

This will really help Iran's air defence forces. Now the people that fear them just HAVE to accept the reality of the weapon's possession by Iran.

 

[Grim901]

The Russians still sound like they're using delaying tactics. The moment they deliver them they lose a valuable bargaining chip with the USA and have to go back to using their very basic UAVs as Israel pulls out of supplying them.

The only difference the S300 will really make is that the Israelis use cruise missiles on subs a little more heavily than just relying on their aircraft if they decide to carry out a strike. That or they wait for the USA to join in and B2's make those S300's useless.

 

[Feanor]

A thread like this was locked earlier because of trolling. That's not an invitation to open another one. I will talk to ther other moderators and see if we can keep this thread open, but if we do it will be heavily policed.

Locked pending a decision.