Ya'alon: If S-300 shipment leaves, we'll
know how to act
Defense minister
confirms Russian missile shipment has yet to depart for Syria; says budget cuts
entail less training for reserves; Lieberman: Radical axis crossed red lines
Yoav Zitun
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Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon confirmed on
Tuesday morning that the S-300 missile shipment from Russia
to Syria has
yet to leave for its destination.
He stressed that the
missile shipment "is a threat, and I can testify that the deal is not
making headway. The shipments have not left yet. Let's hope they won't, and if
they do, we'll know how to act."
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Syria signed a contract
to buy four S-300 systems in 2010. The deal is worth a reported $800 million.
At the request of Israel, Russia postponed delivery of the
first batch last year.
The Sunday Times
reported that after the alleged Israeli raid on targets near Damascus earlier this month, the
Russians were furious, and Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister, said the
contract would go ahead.
In a conversation with
reporters following a briefing in a Home Front Command base in Ramla, Ya'alon
said: "The Home Front Command has drawn many lessons from the last years
and is giving the populace ways to deal with wartime events.
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