Russia Offers Iran New Replacement for S-300 – Paper

[Surenas]

MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow made a new attempt to dodge a $4-billion lawsuit from Tehran over a failed deal to supply S-300 missile systems by offering another type of air defense system to Iran, Kommersant daily said Saturday.

The new offer on the table is Antei-2500, aka S-300VM, or SA-23 Gladiator in NATO nomenclature, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources in the Russian arms trade industry. The missile defense system can simultaneously destroy up to 24 aircraft within the range a range of 200 kilometers or intercept up to 16 ballistic missiles.

The deal can be formalized during the visit of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Moscow on July 1, an unnamed Iranian diplomat told Kommersant.

Iran was initially interested in the S-300 missile complexes, signing in 2007 a contract worth $800 million for five missile defense systems of this make.

But the deal was scrapped in 2010 by then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who was unilaterally expanding on sanctions against Iran imposed by the UN Security Council.

Iran filed a $4-billion lawsuit against Russia in the international arbitration court in Geneva, which is currently pending review.

Moscow has struggled to have the lawsuit dropped, including by offering the Tor anti-aircraft systems as replacement, media reported earlier this month, adding that the offer was rejected by Tehran.

The Antei-2500, however, may be a better solution. The system does not formally fall under the existing sanctions against Iran while still being useful for the Middle Eastern country, which wants to have protection against a possible missile strike by its enemy Israel, Kommersant said.

While the S-300 was developed for the use by missile defense forces, the Antei-2500 was specifically tailored for the needs of ground forces, which could also be an advantage for Iran, known for its large land force.

Russia is already exporting the Antei-2500, having delivered two missile systems to Venezuela earlier this year. India and Turkey were also named as potential buyers, though no deals were formalized so far.

Russia Offers Iran New Replacement for S-300

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Should we go for the money or the weapon?
I mean 4 billion minus 800 million=3,2 billion>>> we could invest that in our economy and defence industry.
Is the 800 million already paid to Russia?

 

[PRC2025]

Russia Offers Iran New Replacement for S-300

This sound good. I think Iran should take it, and demand instant delivery of these SAMs. There has been enough waiting already, and the deal was signed back in 2007. Russia should learn from this and deliver S-300 to the Syrian Arab Republic too; however I doubt that will happen.

 

[BordoEnes]

Damn Russian, playing the neutral side again, and in the mean time offering systems to both sides.

 

[Hack-Hook]

well , this offer can be an acceptable replacement for s-300-pmu1 but we must insist to receive 9M83ME missile that belong to S-300vm not 9M83M or 9M82M missile that belong to S-300v system

also it can help us a lot in developing and optimizing Bavar

 

[The SC]

Will this replace an 800 million deal or let's say a 2 billion deal (halfway for the 4 billion settlement, since Russia has lost in the international court), this means 8 batteries of the S-300 VM (or even V4's, since it is readily available) with the latest in missile technologies. As a Judge, this will be my decision, because in the case of an attack by the Usrael, Russia would have jeopardized vital interests of one of its `friends`, for some greedy thoughts on the part of Medvedev administration who didn't remember that Russia is the enemy number one in west's thought mechanic and mass memory manufactured and maintained for more than 60 years in the cold war era; one can not just erase it by dropping a wall, it was a sigh but not a remedy for the western fear of the atomic holocaust.
While medvydev (every time I tried this name in the English dictionary it gave me medieval!!!!!!!!!!!!, It is clear than that medvydev acted religiously Christian as the US is too rather than politically on Muslim Iran) lacked experience and foresight, I was sure that the Putin administration will correct this path, as Mr Putin is proving it.

 

[Prechko]

While medvydev (every time I tried this name in the English dictionary it gave me medieval!!!!!!!!!!!!, It is clear than that medvydev acted religiously Christian as the US is too rather than politically on Muslim Iran) lacked experience and foresight, I was sure that the Putin administration will correct this path, as Mr Putin is proving it.

Throw out "y" , just Medvedev it is way easier for non-Slavic speakers.

Russia belongs to different branch of Christianity , that differs with US Protestantism far more than Shia Islam in Iran with Saudi Salafism. Medvedev chopped Iran contract when US and Russia tried new Détente aka The Reset , now that`s coming to an end.

 

[The SC]

Both branches have been manipulated by Zionists, they call it the Judeo-Christian religion be it in East or in West, they will use it anytime they find a naive enough person to gobble it like Medvedev, to the detriment of whole nations an their relationships, in this case Russia and the US, and Russia an Iran.
You should watch the relations of the heads of your orthodox churches and the heads of the American churches to see how they are manipulated by the Jewish religious lobby as a last resort when their political lobby fails.

 

[Prechko]

Both branches have been manipulated by Zionists, they call it the Judeo-Christian religion be it in East or in West, they will use it anytime they find a naive enough person to gobble it like Medvedev, to the detriment of whole nations an their relationships, in this case Russia and the US, and Russia an Iran.
You should watch the relations of the heads of your orthodox churches and the heads of the American churches to see how they are manipulated by the Jewish religious lobby as a last resort when their political lobby fails.

I`m not Orthodox , you ever heard about the "Pale of Settlement"? Jews don`t like Russia and "Judeo-Christianity" is purely American term , which is not common in Europe , you will not hear that term from Catholic or Orthodox church.