DEBKAfile Special Report April 26, 2010, 7:19 PM (GMT+02:00)
Russia's Club-K Freight Container cruise missile
This relatively cheap, extra-smart, easy-to-use Club-K Container Missile System, which Moscow Iran and Venezuela were keenly interested when the Club-K was put on the market at the Defense Services Asia exhibition in Malaysia
Western military experts are calling it a "real maritime fear for anyone with a waterfront." The container-cum-missiles, carried by a ship, fishing vessel or truck can approach a targeted coast, highway or international railway and strike behind the target's missile defenses without alerting radar monitors or even surveillance drones and satellites.
In Iranian hands, it would make the targeting of its nuclear facilities very difficult. Able to wipe out an aircraft carrier up to 400 kilometers away, the system's manufacturer, Novator, is directing its marketing tactics at anyone under threat of military action from theUnited States
At the Malaysian exhibition, the marketing film showed the Club-K being activated from an ordinary truck. (See picture.) The truck pulls up, whereupon the container roof lifts up to reveal four 3?-54?E, 3?-54?E1 and 3?-14?E cruise missiles ready to fire. The operator then pushes a button and the missiles, which have a range of 350 km, are launched without further preparation.
debkafile's military sources warn that the sale of Club-K cruise missile systems toIran or Syria and their transfer to Hizballah would give them an edge substantial enough to be a game-changer into the Middle East balance of strength. They are capable of surreptitiously approaching Israeli, Iraqi and any other coastlines in the region, and send missiles flying against an American, Arab or Israeli strategic or military target before their targets know they are under attack.
The missile specialist Novator, which maintains a manufacturing plant in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, produces an array of missiles against air, sea and land targets, including cruise missiles launched from submarines, as well as the advanced S-300 missile interceptor, whichRussia contracted to sell Iran
Note: Well, does this news change America's administration's minds about supporting Israel? They were quick to blame Barak and Israel, for the Scuds in Lebanon from Syria. How about changing attitudes and understanding that our ally needs America's support and aid! That would also mean honoring all contracts that Obama has refused to honor since he took office, between America and Israel. He has with-held bunker buster bombs and military contracts with Israel. Unless the United States has changed partners and wishes to continue to aid and support terrorism, it may be a good time to begin respecting America's best and only democratic friend in the ME - Israel. Bee Sting
Western military experts are calling it a "real maritime fear for anyone with a waterfront." The container-cum-missiles, carried by a ship, fishing vessel or truck can approach a targeted coast, highway or international railway and strike behind the target's missile defenses without alerting radar monitors or even surveillance drones and satellites.
In Iranian hands, it would make the targeting of its nuclear facilities very difficult. Able to wipe out an aircraft carrier up to 400 kilometers away, the system's manufacturer, Novator, is directing its marketing tactics at anyone under threat of military action from the
At the Malaysian exhibition, the marketing film showed the Club-K being activated from an ordinary truck. (See picture.) The truck pulls up, whereupon the container roof lifts up to reveal four 3?-54?E, 3?-54?E1 and 3?-14?E cruise missiles ready to fire. The operator then pushes a button and the missiles, which have a range of 350 km, are launched without further preparation.
debkafile's military sources warn that the sale of Club-K cruise missile systems to
The missile specialist Novator, which maintains a manufacturing plant in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, produces an array of missiles against air, sea and land targets, including cruise missiles launched from submarines, as well as the advanced S-300 missile interceptor, which
Note: Well, does this news change America's administration's minds about supporting Israel? They were quick to blame Barak and Israel, for the Scuds in Lebanon from Syria. How about changing attitudes and understanding that our ally needs America's support and aid! That would also mean honoring all contracts that Obama has refused to honor since he took office, between America and Israel. He has with-held bunker buster bombs and military contracts with Israel. Unless the United States has changed partners and wishes to continue to aid and support terrorism, it may be a good time to begin respecting America's best and only democratic friend in the ME - Israel. Bee Sting
