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Russians still intend to go through with Syria missile sale

MARCH 24, 2011 19:42

The Russian sale of Yakhnot anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria is a "done deal," and Moscow has no intention of scuttling it, the Kremlin told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday in Moscow Thursday, according to a senior Israeli diplomatic source.

According to the source, the Russians said that from their point of view Israel enjoyed a clear qualitative military superiority in the region, and the sale of 20 of the missiles would not tip the strategic balance.

The missile deal was signed some two years ago, and ever since then Israel – to no avail – has turned to numerous officials in Russia in an effort to scuttle the deal. Israel is concerned that the missile could end up in Hezbollah's hands, and that in the Mediterranean Sea the Yakhnot is an offensive weapon.

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