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Will Cathcart, Daily Beast: Putin Uses the S-300 Missile to Dominate Its Neighbors. Now Iran Can, Too.
Israel isn’t the only country that will be threatened if S-300 missile systems arrive in Iran. The Saudis and Turks had better be worried as well.
TBILISI, Georgia—As the Kremlin lifts its ban on the delivery of S-300 missiles to Iran, and as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims the air defense systems “will not put at risk the security of any state in the region, including Israel,” a palpable irony hangs in the air here. For years, Russia has been using S-300 missiles to dominate the skies and to threaten Georgia within her own territory.
In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, a senior U.S. Marine Corps aviator said that if Russia delivered the S-300 missile to Iran, it would fundamentally change U.S. war plans. “I find it almost hilarious that the Russians are saying, ‘It’s an entirely defensive system and cannot attack anyone, including Israel,’” the officer said. And the Georgians definitely aren’t laughing.
WNU Editor: It takes more than just one military system to dominate a region .... doubly so in the Middle East where the U.S. and its allies have a massive military presence when compared to what Iran can field. My guess is that Iran's deployment of Russia's S-300 will change the dynamics in any possible conflict .... meaning that casualties will be higher. But in the end .... if a war does break out .... I am sure that the military planners will take that into consideration, and will be fielding effective counter measures to nullify this anti-aircraft system.
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