Israel and Russia to cooperate on missile defense provided, that the Syrian army will not be supplied S-300, RIA Novosti reported statement of the former head of Israel's missile defense organization, Gen. Uzi Rubin.
ABM cooperation depends on Moscow. Today, relations between Israel and Russia friendly, Russians show great attention to the safety and well-founded Jewish state, Rubin told reporters during a conference, devoted to missile and space defense.
However, if Moscow will give the Syrians S-300, Israeli-Russian relations deteriorate. Delivery of these systems will have great political implications, because the problem is - political, said Gen..
I have repeatedly discussed in Moscow the possibility of delivery in the RAA of anti-aircraft S-300 systems. However, the transfer complexes each time postponed, including at the request of the Israeli authorities, who reasonably believe, complexes, located in the neighboring country, will block all Israeli airspace.
Nevertheless, the question of deliveries of S-300 was again on the agenda of the Russian leadership in the second half of April after, as the US, Britain and France caused by the Syrian missile strikes. Later, Commenting on this event, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, that after the impact of the western coalition, Russia can no longer bind "no moral obligation" not to supply S-300 to Damascus.
