Defense News: Israel Air Chief: Nothing Can Stop Our Air Force
S-300s to Iran "More a Strategic than an Operative Issue"
Israel's top Air Force officer said Wednesday that Russian S-300 air defense systems, if or when deployed by Iran, would constitute more of "a strategic issue than an operative issue" because it would embolden Tehran to "even more aggressive" behavior.
"It's a huge challenge," Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel, Israel Air Force commander conceded, when asked about a May 26 announcement — following meetings in Moscow between Russian and Iran officials — that the systems would be delivered to Iran at an unspecified time.
"But it's more a strategic issue… because whoever has the S-300 feels protected. He can allow himself to do things even more aggressively, because he thinks he's defended," Eshel told Defense News.
Update: Israel said unfazed by sale of S-300 missiles to Egypt -- Times of Israel
WNU Editor: He sounds very confident on what the Israeli air force can do.