Posted by
Reeson on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:36:28 PM
I suppose these would be used against any military action by the United States or Israel. Excerpts from
Reuters:
Russia has delivered new anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran and will consider further requests by Tehran for defensive weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.
"We have supplied the modern short-range anti-aircraft systems TOR-M1 in accordance with our contracts," Ivanov told reporters. "Iran is not under sanctions and if it wants to buy defensive ... equipment for its armed forces then why not?"
Washington and Israel have criticised the contract to supply the TOR-M1 missiles to Iran, saying Tehran could use them against its neighbors.
The Russian military insists that the missile systems will protect Iran from air attacks, but do not pose a threat to neighboring countries.