Iran set to acquire S-300PTs from Belarus
We all know that Israel's Prime Minister is campaigning for a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. He might mince words occasionally, but that's basically what he's doing. Our own officials repeatedly state that all options are on the table. Iran claims to possess four S-300 air defense systems, two acquired from Belarus and two from some other source. That would be almost 200 missiles. Russia had contracted to sell Iran S-300 systems, but reportedly backed out of the deal after the U.N. placed an embargo on Iran.
So what does this mean? Without the S-300 systems, Iran's air defense is highly vulnerable to attacks. With the S-300 in place around their nuclear facilities, conventional(non-stealth) air platforms attacking the facilities would probably suffer casualties until the missiles ran out.
Does Iran actually have the S-300s? Belarus denies selling them to Iran, but of course Belarus would deny that even if it were true. Iran also asserts that it has reverse engineered an early version of the S-300 system from elements acquired after the fall of the Soviet Union, but experts doubt the claim. Our government surely knows what systems Iran has in place, but that information is classified.
Iran Claims To Have S-300 Surface-To-Air Missiles
We all know that Israel's Prime Minister is campaigning for a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. He might mince words occasionally, but that's basically what he's doing. Our own officials repeatedly state that all options are on the table. Iran claims to possess four S-300 air defense systems, two acquired from Belarus and two from some other source. That would be almost 200 missiles. Russia had contracted to sell Iran S-300 systems, but reportedly backed out of the deal after the U.N. placed an embargo on Iran.
So what does this mean? Without the S-300 systems, Iran's air defense is highly vulnerable to attacks. With the S-300 in place around their nuclear facilities, conventional(non-stealth) air platforms attacking the facilities would probably suffer casualties until the missiles ran out.
Does Iran actually have the S-300s? Belarus denies selling them to Iran, but of course Belarus would deny that even if it were true. Iran also asserts that it has reverse engineered an early version of the S-300 system from elements acquired after the fall of the Soviet Union, but experts doubt the claim. Our government surely knows what systems Iran has in place, but that information is classified.
Iran Claims To Have S-300 Surface-To-Air Missiles
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