For the first time .. Russian "Iskander" missiles in the Middle East/North Africa

[The SC]

An official source in the Russian Federation for Military Technical Cooperation has revealed that Moscow has provided for the first time a "North African and Middle Eastern country" with the "Iskander" tactical lethal missiles.
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The official said in an interview on the sidelines of the Dubai Air Show 2017, That missiles that were supplied to the country mentioned are "high-precision missiles", This year we have been providing them to a Middle East country in North Africa.

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Source: RT and "Novosti"

https://arabic.rt.com/russia/910094-في-سابقة-هي-الأولى-من-نوعها-روسيا-تزود-بلدا-شمال-إفريقي-بصواريخ-إسكندر/

Egypt is the only country found in the middle East and North Africa..but some say that the Russian version said only North Africa.. in that case, it should be Algeria..

 

[Beny Karachun]

They were here for a long time.

 

[BHarwana]

Wrong news Iskander all ready preset in ME in Syria.

 

[Muhammed45]

High precision missile : ALready present in Syria

 

[Khafee]

Wrong news Iskander all ready preset in ME in Syria.

Well it is "RT" !

 

[The SC]

Well it is "RT" !

What does Syria has to do with North Africa?
The ones in Syria are for the Russian air-forces' protection, the same as the S-400..

 

[Muhammed45]

Congrats to EGY army if op were true.

 

[Khafee]

What does Syria has to do with North Africa?
The ones in Syria are for the Russian air-forces' protection, the same as the S-400..

If I'm not mistaken, this is the 2nd or 3rd Customer of Iskander in the MENA region.

 

[The SC]

If I'm not mistaken, this is the 2nd or 3rd Customer of Iskander in the MENA region.

The same article says only Armenia got the system before this deal.. So according to the Russian this is the second export contract for the system after Armenia.. We heard many times in the news that KSA, Algeria and Egypt were interested in the system..

 

[Zarvan]

Middle Eastern Country has to be Saudi Arabia as for African than it's Algeria

 

[BHarwana]

In the 2006 Lebanon war Markava 4 tanks of Israel was destroyed by Russian made anti-tank fire and forget Armor piercing missiles which at that time no one else possessed but Hezbollah used it in high number. In the same war INS Hanit (Sa'ar 5 class) corvette was destroyed by C-802 Chinese made missile which was also used by Hezbollah now Hezbollah is not a state still it poses such missiles. Middle east is strange place with different things showing up in the region. Iskander came to ME long time ago. Who ever has it, it is a good missile but the problem is for sale of international arms there is Range restriction but the way things end up in middle east there is no restriction on any range.

Saudia or UAE has no use for Iskander given the allowed range for international arms sale so lets be practical about the ME/African country that might want to buy the system.

Middle Eastern Country has to be Saudi Arabia as for African than it's Algeria

Saudia Arabia and Algeria has no use for Iskander as the allowed range for international arms sale is a restriction for these countries to target current enemy. If the country is in Africa it will be Egypt and if ME it will be Jordan as Syria already has them and Iran has it's own.

 

[Zarvan]

In the 2006 Lebanon war Markava 4 tanks of Israel was destroyed by Russian made anti-tank fire and forget Armor piercing missiles which at that time no one else possessed but Hezbollah used it in high number. In the same war INS Hanit (Sa'ar 5 class) corvette was destroyed by C-802 Chinese made missile which was also used by Hezbollah now Hezbollah is not a state still it poses such missiles. Middle east is strange place with different things showing up in the region. Iskander came to ME long time ago. Who ever has it, it is a good missile but the problem is for sale of international arms there is Range restriction but the way things end up in middle east there is no restriction on any range.

Saudia or UAE has no use for Iskander given the allowed range for international arms sale so lets be practical about the ME/African country that might want to buy the system.


Saudia Arabia and Algeria has no use for Iskander as the allowed range for international arms sale is a restriction for these countries to target current enemy. If the country is in Africa it will be Egypt and if ME it will be Jordan as Syria already has them and Iran has it's own.

It's Algeria for sure and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is collecting Ballistic Missiles and they give a dam about any law they already have Ballistic Missiles which have more than 1500 KM range so when you have money you can throw any law out of the window

 

[BHarwana]

It's Algeria for sure and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is collecting Ballistic Missiles and they give a dam about any law they already have Ballistic Missiles which have more than 1500 KM range so when you have money you can throw any law out of the window

It is not about Saudia it is about international law. No one is paying more money to Russia than India and still India cannot buy long range cruise missile from Russia they only have permitted Range missile. Russia cannot sell beyond the permitted range. So you are a elite member use some sense why would Saudis buy a missile that cannot reach their enemy with that I mean Iran and If Saudis want an under table deal they can easily get desired range missile from Pakistan at a low cost with more precise accuracy than Iskander as no country has tested more missile than Pakistan. Not even North Korea lol. Be a bit practical man.

 

[Zarvan]

It is not about Saudia it is about international law. No one is paying more money to Russia than India and still India cannot buy long range cruise missile from Russia they only have permitted Range missile. Russia cannot sell beyond the permitted range. So you are a elite member use some sense why would Saudis buy a missile that cannot reach their enemy with that I mean Iran and If Saudis want an under table deal they can easily get desired range missile from Pakistan at a low cost with more precise accuracy than Iskander as no country has tested more missile than Pakistan. Not even North Korea lol. Be a bit practical man.

Go check the Ballistic Missile Saudi bought from China and I can give several other examples. Saudia has bought two different Ballistic Missiles from China already

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Strategic_Missile_Force

Check this Janab Saudis already have Ballistic Missiles in fact one of them has said to have a range of around 4000 KM.

 

[BHarwana]

Go check the Ballistic Missile Saudi bought from China and I can give several other examples. Saudia has bought two different Ballistic Missiles from China already



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Strategic_Missile_Force

Check this Janab Saudis already have Ballistic Missiles in fact one of them has said to have a range of around 4000 KM.

Yes they have DF-3 and DF-21
DF-3 which has 4000 range was bought in 1987 at that time there was no restriction and the later bought DF-21 has a restricted range. DF-3 is junk and has no accuracy so DF-3 is junk with nuclear warhead. Sorry bro still no use for Saudia for buying Iskander in restricted range.

If Saudis have bought Iskander in restricted range I think Saudis are going to war with Qatar cause there is no one else they can target with the permitted range.