Damascus – Iran Arms Syria With Radar To Help Tehran Dodge Israeli Strike

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    FILE - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) at the presidential palace in Tehran , Iran, on 19 August 2009 . A report in the Wall Street Journal claims Iran has Armed Syria With Radar To Help Tehran Dodge Israeli Strike. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH Damascus – Iran has sent Syria a sophisticated radar system that could threaten Israel’s ability to launch a surprise attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities, say Israeli and U.S. officials, extending an alliance aimed at undermining Israel’s military dominance in the region.

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    The radar could bolster Syria’s defenses by providing early warning of Israeli air-force sorties. It could also benefit Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon and widely believed to receive arms from Syria.

    Any sharing of radar information by Syria could increase the accuracy of Hezbollah’s own missiles and bolster its air defenses. That would boost Hezbollah defenses, which U.S. and Israeli officials say have been substantially upgraded since 2006, the last time Israel fought the southern Lebanon-based group.

    The mid-2009 transfer was described in recent months by two Israeli officials, two U.S. officials and a Western intelligence source, and confirmed Wednesday by the Israeli military. Though they didn’t name the system’s final recipient in Syria, these and other officials described it as part as a dramatic increase in weapons transfers and military coordination among Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.

    Iran and Syria both denied that a radar transfer took place.

    Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    What a pair they make.

    reb yona
    reb yona
    13 years ago

    “Israel’s military dominance in the region.”
    never knew such a thing exists

    anonymous
    anonymous
    13 years ago

    There are sophisticated electronic counter measures that make such radar ineffective

    Clowns in a circus
    Clowns in a circus
    13 years ago

    A Bunch of clowns one better than the other, they have obsolutly no idea of what is coming their way. they will learn the hard way. sooner than later.

    oh stop
    oh stop
    13 years ago

    So instead Iran should allow itself to be bombed? Iran should smile big and allow Israel to bomb them unprovoked? If Israel gets bombed back it deserves it.

    who cares
    who cares
    13 years ago

    So even if its true, that Syria how has technology to ward of a bomb attack, who cares?

    What country in the world can be faulted for having bomb dodging tecnology?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    #6 &7 you guys think exactly the same amazing