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January 21, 2005
Russia, Syria work super-weapons deal
Topics: TerrorismWorld Net Daily - breaking news.
Israel
is fearing a double-cross by Moscow on arms deals that could make Syria
a more serious strategic missile threat to the Jewish state, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is planning his first state visit to Russia next week and he goes with a long shopping list of cooperation agreements and arms deals. The visit comes at a time when Russia is embarking on a plan to expand its political influence and once again become a key player in Middle Eastern affairs, according to the report by Yoram East in the premium, weekly intelligence newsletter published by WND.
Topping the Syrian shopping list are upgrades of packages for existing equipment, including hundreds of artillery and ballistic missiles. Next is the purchase of at least 18 units of the SS-26 surface-to-surface missiles, also known as Iskander-E.
Israel's
main concerns are not so much about the sale of modern weapon systems
to replace aging equipment in the Syrian military, but rather about
Israeli technology incorporated in these systems offered by the
Russians to their military hardware clientele. Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 21, 2005 1:51 PM
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