Janes Reports the deal.
http://www.janes.com/article/65846/iraq-reportedly-finalising-hq-9-air-defence-order
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Likely the air defense topology based on 7 HQ-9 systems, years ago when Iraq was seeking the S-300 they suggested 7 systems which would be sought in thiis case s well. SAM systems...
It's not meaningless, Europe is directly threatened by this, money is not more important than security. I believe the Gulf states need freedom and democracy, some at least such as Qatar and Saudi.
So so far we've had the former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey say in 2014 that major Arab allies (Saudi & Qatar obviously) fund ISIS. A German minister accused Qatar of funding IS. Trump said Saudi funds IS. Which other major figure did I forget.
With all the other evidence I...
Which is the policy of Turkey.. which leaves u in the current situation
You're differentiating between them too much as if they're completely different, they originate from the same root. It started with 'Al Qaeda in Iraq', this developed to some other groups like the shura council. Eventually...
People who don't know anything will always laugh, nothing can be done about that. If the US was on the ground they would take many casualties and need time to clean all those urban environments as well, they didn't face any ATGM threat for their Abrams tanks nor armored VBIED's of this size and...
About definitely over 90% of their ATGW's are from Syrian stockpiles and western supplied TOW's. Iraq lost very few Kornet missiles to them in Baiji during 2015 and no MANPADS given that the ISF did not have any until after the 2014 collapse.
Before ISI took Raqqa in 2013 and became ISIS, the...
Because ISIS aren't a bunch of desert monkeys, they're unfortunately quite good and well organized.
Their 'strategic leaders' as in top leaders are ex republican guards who have war experience with Iran and the 1990-1991 as well as some Chechen leaders who have experience in wars with Russia...
http://defense-watch.com/2016/11/28/iraq-considering-2-5-billion-arms-contract-china/
According to Iraqi sources, the country is in the last negotiating stages to seal a $2.5 billion arms purchase deal with China. Sources added that Iraq turned to China for weapons after it could not reach a...
@1:14. "production of ground-ground missiles of 250KM range"
There's also that confirmation from the Iranian foreign minister and a reliable Iraqi military source.
But say that is true, what does it add to the ISF in terms of capabilities, it's a deterring weapon? It won't be able to reach...
There is news about Iraq securing a deal to manufacture Fateh 110 missiles, any news from your side about this. This makes sense as in a video an Iraqi official stated they will produce ground-ground missiles of 250KM range which is the range of Fateh 110 2nd generation. Specific details are...
Deal for Russian S-300, local T-90 production etc.. seems to be dropped for HQ-9, MBT-3000 local production and other equipment as China was willing to sell on credit whilst Russia wasn't. Or they dropped the S-300 for the HQ-9 and they're going ahead with local T-90 assembly/production (still...