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Russia’s
S-300 Missiles in Iran May Alter Power Balance in Middle East
6
June, 2015
Iran
will be able to control the air space far beyond its borders and at
the same time protect its nuclear facilities against potential
attacks.
The
selling of one of the world's most advanced air defense systems, the
S-300 missiles, to Iran will potentially alter the balance of power
in the Middle East, journalist Jeremy Bender wrote.
The
deal will give Iran a double advantage. It will be able to control
the air space far beyond its borders and at the same time it will be
able to protect its nuclear facilities against potential attacks.
It
is so far unknown which model of S-300 Moscow will sell to Tehran. It
had previously agreed to sell Iran the S-300 PMU1 system in 2007.
This model of launcher has a range of about 93 miles, can fire at
multiple targets, and can down aircraft flying as high as 90,000
feet. Additionally, the satellites associated with the S-300 can
track aerial targets up to 150 miles away.
If
an S-300 battery were placed on Iran’s southern coast, Tehran could
quickly detect American or allied aircraft taking off from local
bases.
Apart
from that, most modern strike aircraft will be easily detectable long
before reaching Iranian shores; the S-300 would allow Iran capacities
beyond its airspace.
Russian
systems will help Iran to reliably protect its nuclear facilities. At
the same time, "the Iranian air defense system will be virtually
immune to all types of US aircraft, but the most advanced," the
Business Insider journalist said.
The
delivery of the system would mitigate the threat of military action
against Tehran in the event of breaches in the nuclear agreement.
Ultimately,
the existence of the S-300s would make any military action against
Iran very difficult and costly — even for the US Military
Iran
said it’s received “positive” feedback from international oil
companies regarding new contracts with foreign investors if and when
nuclear sanctions are lifted, the country’s oil minister said on
Saturday.
Australia’s
foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has voiced concerns over an alleged
possibility of the Islamic State group to build chemical weapons.
There have been several reports of ISIS using toxic chlorine gas in
homemade bombs in Iraq and Syria.
Blind
adherence to US policies and the introduction of anti-Russian
sanctions have turned fatal for Europe; the axis of
Russia-China-BRICS is set to overturn the global economic system and
to prevail over the hegemony of the US, according to the chief
economist of the German Bremer Landesbank.
NATO
has begun a huge air and sea operation in the Baltic region involving
over 5,000 troops and scores of ships and aircraft, despite declaring
the Baltic States to be under no threat from Russia
The
Greek government makes its decisions taking into account country’s
national interests and on behalf of the Greek people, sources in the
country's Energy Ministry commented on the claims made by the US
State Department special envoy.
As
Hillary Clinton’s bid for The White House ramps up, contributions
to The Clinton Foundation charities have come under increased
scrutiny.
The
Right Sector nationalist group has found a new enemy to cross swords
with - a looming LGBT pride march in Kiev. The leader turned the
tables on Europe for the moral decay of the Ukrainian nation.
Artillery
shells have hit a local market in the north-western district of
Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. At least one person has been
wounded, according to the head of the district’s administration
aligned with Donbass rebels.
The
US and its Western allies are well aware of all the ceasefire
violations in eastern Ukraine but, deliberately turn a blind eye to
Kiev’s actions, hackers said after obtaining the emails of top
Ukrainian official overseeing the truce.
The
anti-Kiev hacktivist group, CyberBerkut, claims to have hacked the
emails of Major-General Andrey Taran, Chief of the Joint Centre for
Ceasefire Control and Coordination in Ukraine.
Ukraine
needs "only defensive weapons to protect its territory", a
report for President Petro Poroshenko’s annual address to the
parliament read.
Ukraine
has reached agreements for the supply of lethal weapons from 11
countries, according to an analytic report for President Petro
Poroshenko’s annual address to the parliament
Wikileaks
has released 17 different documents relating to the so-called
'secret' negotiations for a massive global trade deal known as the
Trade in Services Agreement, a lesser known cousin of the
Trans-Pacific Partnership that US President Barack Obama has been
campaigning heavily for in Washington.
The
leak has been timed to coincide with a meeting of leaders for the
Trade in Services Agreement in Paris. TiSA is one of three trade
treaties that global political leaders have been trying to agree on,
alongside TTP and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP).
The
Trade in Services Agreement exposed in a 17 document dump by
Wikileaks on Thursday relates to ongoing negotiations to lock market
liberalisations into global law
Wikileaks
has warned that governments negotiating a far-reaching global service
agreement are 'surrendering a large part of their global sovereignty'
and exacerbating the social inequality of poorer countries in the
process.
The
Trade in Services Agreement exposed in a 17 document dump by
Wikileaks on Thursday relates to ongoing negotiations to lock market
liberalisations into global law.
The
European Union is quick to notice the mote in other’s eye, but
doesn’t see the beam in its own.
After
Moscow issues a travel ban for EU citizens, the West is furious.
However, it is bizarre considering that a similar ban was compiled by
both the United States and the EU last year; yet, nobody spoke about
human rights, freedom of speech and expression, Czech Nova Republika
reported.
Aid
agencies say embargo imposed by US and UK-backed Arab coalition has
had dramatic effect, with almost 80% of population in urgent need of
food, water and medical supplies
At
least 58 people were reported killed today, including a large number
of women and children, as the Saudi military escalated airstrikes
against northern Yemen, hitting rural Shi’ite-dominated areas not
far from their mutual border.
The
Pentagon has made its centerpiece of its strategy in Iraq arming
Anbar Sunni tribes to convince them to back the Shi’ite-dominated
government. That plan has been stalled by the government blocking
most of the arms transfers, and with sectarian tensions on the rise,
it looks like some of those tribes are going the other way.
Iraqi
security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armored vehicles when Islamic State
overran the northern city of Mosul in June 2014, Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday in an interview with Iraqiya state
television. Coupled with previous losses of American weapons, the
conclusion is simple: The United States is effectively supplying
Islamic State with tools of war the militant group cannot otherwise
hope to acquire from its patrons
Iran
has sent 15,000 fighters to Syria to reverse recent battlefield
setbacks for Syrian government troops and wants to achieve results by
the end of the month, a Lebanese political source said.
The
militia force, made up of Iranians, Iraqis and Afghanis, the source
said, have arrived in the Damascus region and in the coastal province
of Latakia.
The
source said the fighters are expected to spearhead an effort to seize
areas of Idlib province, where the regime has suffered a string of
defeats at the hands of a terrorist coalition.
Prime
Minister Stephen Harper’s approval rating is sinking fast,
according to new polling data from EKOS.
Harper’s
approval rating is dead last among federal leaders in the new EKOS
survey — 62 per cent of those surveyed do not approve of the job
he’s been doing, almost double the percentage reporting they
approve of him (32 per cent). Compare that with Green Party Leader
Elizabeth May, who – even though her approval rating has dropped by
six points in recent weeks – is still well ahead of Harper, at 45
per cent.
Crowds of protesters clashed with police ahead of a G7 summit in Germany, as thousands gathered to decry the group’s policies on “capitalism and globalization.”
Blowback. Guess who created this problem.
Up
to half a million refugees are gathering in Libya to attempt the
crossing to Europe on the deadly boats that have killed thousands
already.
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