-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Iran to buy cruise missiles from Russia SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Wednesday, May 16, 2001 LONDON — Iran plans to obtain ship-born cruise missiles from Russia. Industry sources said the Russian government has agreed to sell the Yakhont cruise missiles to Iran as part of a huge deal now being negotiated between Moscow and Teheran. Estimates of the price for the package range up to $7 billion, Middle East Newsline reported. Geostrategy-Direct.com reported in its April 17 edition that likely customers for new version of the SSN-26 anti-ship cruise missile include the Chinese military which is intensely interested in anti-ship cruises missiles, especially those capable of sinking U.S. aircraft carriers. The missiles use stealth technology, supersonic speed and an advanced fire and forget precision targeting system. They can be launched from coastal patrol boats, ships, submarines and ground launchers. They have a range of 186 miles and fly some 15 to 50 miles before dropping down to an altitude of as low as 15 feet from the water surface before delivering a 553-pound warhead to its ship target, according to Geostrategy-Direct.com. U.S. officials said the Bush administration is concerned by the sale of the Yakhont. They said the missile could threaten U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz. Sales of the missile abroad would violate Moscow’s commitment to the 29-nation Missile Technology Control Regime. The cruise missile was raised during the visit to Moscow by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami in March. The sources said the issue was also discussed during a subsequent visit by a Russian military delegation to Iran. The Yakhont is designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya and was first displayed at the Moscow airshow in 1997. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER =========CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. =======================================================================Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> =======================================================================To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
