16-12-2008, 13:12
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AFP: רוסיה במו"מ עם ישראל על רכישת כטב"מים תוצרת התע"א (אנגלית)
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breakin...ory_315067.html
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Russia to buy Israeli drones?
MOSCOW - RUSSIA is engaged in high-level talks with Israel on purchasing unmanned reconnaissance drones, having been caught short by Georgia's use of Israeli drones, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The Kommersant daily said the head of Russia's armed forces, General Vladimir Popovkin, was in Israel in late-November for talks on the purchase with Israel's defence ministry and defence contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
According to a Russian arms industry official, 'a contract for producing drones is almost certain to be given to Israel Aerospace Industries,' the paper said.
The paper also quoted an Israeli defence ministry official as saying a decision had been taken 'at the highest level but the further fate of the contract is still being discussed.'
Kommersant cited Israeli press reports that the value of the proposed contract would be US$10-US$12 million (S$14.7-S$17.7 million) but said the true sum was likely to be much higher.
Defence experts say Russia found itself lacking drones during August's military thrust into southern neighbour Georgia, while the Georgian side made wide use of such Israeli devices, including in an attack that seriously wounded Russia's commander in the Caucasus, General Anatoly Khrulev.
'The Russian army found itself working practically blind,' Kommersant said.
The paper noted Russia had refrained from outspoken criticism of Israeli arms supplies to Georgia, despite scathing criticism of Ukraine for the same reason.
It said this silence was connected to the drone purchase, which was likely to be opposed by Washington.
Weapons trading between Israel and Russia is a touchy subject due to Russian arms ties to Israel's foes in the Middle East, Syria and Iran. A report in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta in September said that a drone shot down by Georgia that month, which Moscow denied ownership of, may have come from a Russian domestic defence supplier and been undergoing testing by the military. -- AFP
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נראה לי הזוי, גם אם הרוסים אכן במו"מ שכזה, ואם וכאשר הם ירכשו את הכלים, ברור כשמש שהדבר הראשון שהם יעשו יהיה להעתיק אותם. פשוט אסור שדבר כזה יקרה. מה עוד שהרוסים הם לא איזו מדינת עולם שלישי שצריכה לרכוש כלים כאלה ממדינות אחרות, הם יכולים לפתח אותם לבד. הסיפור הזה נראה לי הגזמה של איזה עתונאי תאב רייטינג. |
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