Image: The P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missile. Photo from HaaretzRussia To Defy US By Selling Anti-Ship Missiles To Syria -- The Telegraph
Russia is to defy Israel and the United States by supplying Syria with advanced anti-ship missiles despite fears that they could fall into the hands of Hizbollah, the Iranian-backed group based in southern Lebanon.
Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian foreign minister, brushed aside pleas to halt the delivery of a consignment of P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles, arguing that Moscow had supplied Syria with an older version of the missile and had not encountered problems.
"The US and Israel ask us not to supply Syria with Yakhont," he told reporters during a confidence-building visit to the Pentagon. "But we do not see the concerns expressed by them that these arms will fall into the hands of terrorists.
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More News On Russian Arms Sales to Syria
Russia to honor deal to sell P-800 anti-ship missiles to Syria -- RIA Novosti
Russia to sell missiles to Syria -- UPI
Russia to sell Syria anti-ship cruise missiles -- BBC
Russia: We will provide Syria with advanced missiles, despite Israel, U.S. protests -- Haaretz
Russia to supply Syria with cruise missiles -- AFP
Israel Tried To Block Russian Arms Deal With Syria -- CBS
Russia to supply missiles to Syria, despite Israel protest -- Jerusalem Post
Russia 'irresponsible' for selling arms to Syria: Israel -- Breitbart/AFP
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