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Russia has invaded the Syrian coastal area's with Bastion anti-ship missile defenses, fullfulling a contract from 2007 to sell the Syrian regime with Bastion missile systems.
(User was banned for this post ("Idiot" - Starpluck))Fulfilling a contract signed in 2007, Russia has supplied Bastion coastal missile systems with Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria under a contract signed in 2007, a diplomatic source in Moscow has told Russian media.
Objecting to Western fears that the defensive weapons system will fall into the hands of terrorist groups, a diplomatic source says that Moscow has fulfilled its obligations as laid out in the five-year-old contract.
"The Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles have been supplied as part of Bastion mobile coastal missile systems," the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Interfax.
However, delivery of the weapons systems is just the first part of the process, and now “more time is needed to complete Syrian personnel training," the source said, adding that the missile system will “enable Syria to protect its entire coast from a possible seaborne attack."
Damascus is expecting to receive at least two Bastion systems with 36 Yakhont missiles per each system.
According to unofficial estimates, the contract carries a $300 million price tag.
The announcement comes as a Russian naval group, led by the nuclear aircraft-carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is en route to the Syrian port of Tartus.
Russian military officials rejected suggestions that the naval visit has any connection with the present turmoil gripping the Arab republic, saying the visit was planned a year ago. In addition to Syria, the aircraft carrier and its escort ships will pull into port at the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Genoa in Italy and Cyprus, says the former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko.
Speaking on the missile delivery to Syria, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told reporters earlier this year that Russia intended to fulfill the 2007 contract.
"We are going to supply Yakhonts to Syria. We are going to fulfill the contract," he said.
The defense minister says Russia, unlike the US and Israel, is confident the technology will not fall into the hands of terrorist organizations.
"The United States and Israel are asking us not to supply Yakhonts to Syria, but we do not share their fears that these weapons might fall into the hands of terrorists," Serdyukov said.
"Russia strictly specifies the terms of weapons supply and maintenance and properly formalizes end-user certificates. And they [the Syrian side] undertake commitments," he explained.
The Yakhont 3M55E supersonic anti-ship cruise missile is capable of hitting targets at ranges of up to 300 km and carrying a warhead weighing more than 200 kg and can combat single surface ships or groups of ships under heavy fire and electronic counteraction.
The completion of the deal comes at a time of increasing political uncertainty for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is struggling to maintain his grip on power in the face of a nine-month conflict with anti-government protesters.
With the situation in Syria appearing to be teetering on civil war, many observers fear another “Libyan-scenario” will occur complete with another NATO military operation.
Russia roundly criticized the NATO’s handling of the Libyan crisis, saying the military alliance overstepped their UN-mandated obligations to protect innocent civilians and worked aggressively on the side of the rebels to depose former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Gaddafi is believed to have been summarily executed just moments after being captured by rebel militia on Oct. 11, 2001 in his hometown of Sirte.
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Russia has invaded the Syrian coastal area's with Bastion anti-ship missile defenses, fullfulling a contract from 2007 to sell the Syrian regime with Bastion missile systems.
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wow OP you're a cunt
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Bad title. No one is invaded. They're just selling missiles to Syria.
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op you're a complete fuck
why would you replace "supplies" with "invades"
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OP, are you dense? How is that title related in any way?
It's a friendly trade, not a bloody invasion.
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HOLY FUCK SENSATIONALIST HEADLINE
You got my fucking heart racing there.
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Even for a sensationalist headline that is hardly appropriate.
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Define invade
An incursion by a large number of people or things into a place or sphere of activity.
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i hope your house burns down
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in·vade
[in-veyd] Show IPA verb, -vad·ed, -vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
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Though I can see a weapons deal heating up international relations even more.
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Can a mod please change the huge misleading thread title? Would seem more appropriate.
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It has different definitions.
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Holy shit someone nominate this for Dumbest Post of 2011.
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Yeah?
1.
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
2.
to enter like an enemy: Locusts invaded the fields.
3.
to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor's home.
4.
to enter and affect injuriously or destructively, as disease: viruses that invade the bloodstream.
5.
to intrude upon: to invade the privacy of a family.
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id·i·ot [id-ee-uht] Show IPA
noun
1.
Informal . an utterly foolish or senseless person.
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What about the definition I quoted, add that into your list.
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Yeah, but when you see stuff like "America invades Afghanistan with missiles" You will automaticly think that there is a military invasion with guns and war.
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You never quoted a definition. You simply told us what the definition was. No source. And it was formatted as if you just told us what it was.
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Yeah let's pick the one that's not commonly used above the definition that is.
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It's still sensationalist as fuck.
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-snip-
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They are SELLING materiel to Syria, an allied state.
What makes you think this is an INVASION?
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He was trying to make it sound as sensationalized as possible but ended up derailing his own thread.
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Okay I see how someone could take this the wrong way!
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Already know OP is trolling. It's just ridiculous to invade someone (even if the invader is Russia) without any tension building up between the two.
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in·cur·sion [in-kur-zhuhn, -shuhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
deal1 [deel] Show IPA verb, dealt, deal·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
5. to trade or do business (followed by with or in ): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.
You are wrong, Sir.
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So why is it that it's a bannable offense to have a misleading thread title in other sections, but not here?
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I got my dictionary from Onion media inc. I'm sure its fairly accurate OvB.
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Everyone is going to take it the "wrong" way because your title explicitly states that Russia is invading Syria when there is no invasion whatsoever.Okay I see how someone could take this the wrong way!
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First off, the title is misleading. There' words called "connotation" and "diction" which basically say that you use certain words in certain situations to give it a negative/positive/hostile/friendly attitude. If I said "My friend is mean" that's totally different than "My friend is evil" although both words technically mean the same thing. You don't use a word of a negative connotation (that doesn't even share a common definition, since you have no source) when the headline has no note of the word invade. This is why people who joined less than a month ago, don't post news. /rant
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Also, obvious that OP is trolling now.
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My heart skipped a beat.
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Usually is.
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Wait wait, THE onion?
THIS
http://www.theonion.com/
onion?
FAIRLY ACCURATE
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Way to go OP. You turned what could have been a meaningful discussion on Russo-Syrian relations into a complete bitchfest at your utter retardation.
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Really? The onion?
Dumbest poster 2011.
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great thread op keep it up!
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This isn't even a sensationalist title, it's just a down right lie.
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Shit, OP
oh yooou
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Isn't this almost banworthy?
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op get banned
Dumb x 35
Funny x 2
Agree x 11
Disagree x 1
Informative x 1
Winner x 6
Zing x 1
