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Nuke Deal Enables Iran to Obtain Advanced Fighter Jet – Gives Tehran Tactical Advantage in Israeli Attack on Facilities
by F. Michael Maloof
WASHINGTON – Russia and Iran are rushing to enhance their militaries in the wake of Tehran’s controversial agreement on its nuclear program with the U.S. and the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany, which includes the lifting of international sanctions, according to a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Russia wants drone technology while Iran is seeking Russian Sukhoi-30 jet fighters, which experts say are more capable than the F-18s the United States sold to Israel. The exchange would enable Iran to withstand an Israeli aircraft attack on its nuclear facilities.
The development also comes as Russia is about to sell Iran the S-300 air-defense missile system, which is capable of hitting Israel’s aircraft.
The possible technology exchange between Russia and Iran was made known by Manouchehr Manteqi, managing director of the Iranian Industries Organization.
At a news conference that has largely gone unreported, Manteqi said Russia asked for Iranian drone technology. At the same time, Iranian and Russian representatives began talks on the supply of Russian-made Sukhoi-30.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is known as an advanced country in the field of building drones,” Manteqi said. “We are discussing the issue now.”
Asked by G2 Bulletin to comment on the prospective sales between Russia and Iran, U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Ryder, spokesman for U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, whose jurisdiction includes Iran, Syria, Iraq and other Middle East countries, said it was the first he had heard of it.
While the timetable for such deliveries hasn’t been announced, Moscow and Tehran are expected to accelerate efforts to negotiate the sale of sophisticated military technologies now that international sanctions on Iran are to be lifted as a result of the U.N. Security Council approval of the nuclear agreement.
Go to Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin for the rest of this, and other, stories.
Technology from captured U.S. drone
Read more at WND:
http://www.wnd.com/2015/08/nuke-deal-enables-iran-to-obtain-advanced-fighter-jet/
