Iran Charges Russia With Selling Out its Air Defense Secrets to Israel

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Popular Mechanics
Kyle Mizokami
Mar. 22, 2017

An Iranian government official claimed earlier this week that its Russian-made air defenses were compromised by Moscow, leaving Iran and its allies defenseless against Israeli airstrikes. An engineer with Tehran's Ministry of Defense alleged that codes forcing anti-aircraft missiles to treat hostile Israeli fighters as friendly were sold to Tel Aviv, effectively neutralizing Syria and Iran's S-300 surface-to-air missile systems.

An Iranian official, described by the Jerusalem Post as a senior member of Iran's Defense Ministry, told the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida that Russia had sold "codes" to Israel that identified Israeli aircraft as friendly. The codes were used by Israel to prevent its aircraft from being targeted. Israel has flown dozens of air raids over Syria, and despite advanced air defenses, only the latest raid, flown last Friday, involved an actual missile launch.

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An Iranian government official claimed earlier this week that its Russian-made air defenses were compromised by Moscow, leaving Iran and its allies defenseless against Israeli airstrikes. An engineer with Tehran's Ministry of Defense alleged that codes forcing anti-aircraft missiles to treat hostile Israeli fighters as friendly were sold to Tel Aviv, effectively neutralizing Syria and Iran's S-300 surface-to-air missile systems.

Interesting bit of playing both sides against the middle.  Obviously Russia needs a credible regional counterbalance to Iran.  Putin's savvy enough not to trust the Mullahs, and knows Israel is sane.

And this way, he also generates a great deal of influence with the Israelis ... helps to establish Russia as a more effective hegemon in the region.

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   Interesting development, if true.  Popular Mechanics reporting on Global espionage is uncanny.  Wonder how much Putin made on that deal?
 

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Interesting bit of playing both sides against the middle.  Obviously Russia needs a credible regional counterbalance to Iran.  Putin's savvy enough not to trust the Mullahs, and knows Israel is sane.

And this way, he also generates a great deal of influence with the Israelis ... helps to establish Russia as a more effective hegemon in the region.

The article surmises that Israel is able to jam the S-300 system. But if Iran has changed the codes then Israel may have to taunt them a bit to figure out how to again jam them. If that's how it works.

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Wonder how much Putin made on that deal?
 

Not much if his party is like the Pubs.