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Iran buying anti-air missile systems from Russia

fc2spyguy said:
Looking up the tor-m1 it seems like a pretty capable system, and could provide a pretty good net given several of them operating together.
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AKA SA-15. Not all that fearsome a system, in my professional opinion. Kind of a slightly improved SA-8. The Russians are selling much more capable stuff like their SA-10s and 20s. Wake me up if the Iranians buy 30 of those systems.

Brett
 
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And there was much rejoicing...
 
^^ That's the best. I wonder if Ahmadinejad has seen "Holy Grail."

Brett
 
Fly Navy said:
Iran buying Russian Anti-Air systems? Welcome to 3 decades ago.
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Three decades ago, Reza Pahlavi was buying F-14s and top of the line HAWK air defense systems. Funny thing, that Cold War. :D

Brett
 
Brett327 said:
Three decades ago, Reza Pahlavi was buying F-14s and top of the line HAWK air defense systems. Funny thing, that Cold War. :D

Brett
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Yeah I know, one of my professors fled Iran after the revolution occured. I was aiming for a general timeframe ;)
 
Russia Confirms Sale of Tor-M1 Air Defense Missiles to Iran
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia's defense minister said Tuesday that Russia has sold Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran. It was the first high-level confirmation that such a sale took place.

"We sent Tor-M1 missiles to Iran in accordance with the contract," Sergei Ivanov told reporters.

Previous reports had cited unnamed officials reporting the sale.

Ivanov did not specify how many missile systems had been delivered, but a ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity said not all the systems contracted for had been delivered.

Ministry officials have previously said Moscow would supply 29 of the sophisticated missile systems to Iran under a $700 million contract signed in December, according to Russian media reports.

"If the Iranian leadership has a desire to purchase more defense weapons, we would do that," Ivanov said, without elaborating.

The United States called on all countries last year to stop all arms exports to Iran, as well as ending all nuclear cooperation with it to put pressure on Tehran to halt uranium enrichment activities. Israel, too, has severely criticized arms deals with Iran.

Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but the United States and its allies suspect Iran is trying to develop weapons.

The U.N. Security Council, where Russia is a veto-wielding permanent member, is currently stalemated on the severity of sanctions that should be imposed on Iran for defying its demand to cease uranium enrichment.

The Tor-M1 deal, involving conventional weapons, does not violate any international agreements.

Russian officials say that the missiles are purely defensive weapons with a limited range.

The Tor-M1 system can identify up to 48 targets and fire at two targets simultaneously at a height of up to 20,000 feet.

Russian media have reported previously that Moscow had conducted talks on selling even more powerful long-range S-300 air defense missiles, but Russian officials have denied that.

Moscow already has a lucrative, $800 million contract to build Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is nearly complete.

Russia strongly supports Iran's right to nuclear energy but has joined the United States and Europe in demanding it halt enrichment to ease concerns.

S/F
 
Hey, at least we (the US) aren't sending them Patriots to stop them from meddling in Iraq....
 
Report: Russia Completes Delivery of Missiles to Iran
Monday, January 22, 2007
FoxNews

Russia completed the delivery of a load of modern anti-aircraft missiles to Iran last week, the Eurasia Daily Monitor reports — a deal Moscow said does not violate any international agreements.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said the Tor-M1 missiles are "100 percent defensive weapons" and even said that if Iran were in need of other armaments, Russia would be ready to help, it was reported.

The contract was originally signed more than a year ago, in November of 2005. Since then, Iran has received 29 Tor-M1 missile launchers.

The price of the deal has never been made public, but the Daily Monitor reports Russian sources believing it's somewhere between $1 billion and $1.4 billion.

The news comes as Iran began three days of short-range missile testing Monday. Those tests are in the face of the United States strengthening forces in the Gulf region.

However, Tor-M1 system is somewhat limited.

Ready for battle, based on a tank platform and including eight missiles each, it can take out only relatively low-flying targets at a short range, making it good against helicopters, attack planes, and low-flying cruise missiles.

It also cannot to engage U.S. bombers — including stealth aircraft — which the U.S. would most likely use if it attacked Iran's nuclear facilities.
 
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