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Despite decades of sanctions, Iran has succeeded in developing its missile arsenal, which is larger than that of any other Middle Eastern country including Israel, a Pentagon study said Tuesday.

"Iran has an extensive missile development program, and the size and sophistication of its missile force continues to grow despite decades of counterproliferation efforts aimed at curbing its advancement," the Defense Intelligence Agency said.

The study said Iran considered missiles to be a strategic necessity due to the limitations of its air force, which still has some US planes ordered by the pro-Western shah, who was toppled in 1979.

"Lacking a modern air force, Iran has embraced ballistic missiles as a long-range strike capability to dissuade its adversaries in the region -- particularly the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia -- from attacking Iran," the report said.

Iran has "the largest missile force in the Middle East," the report said. A US intelligence official said on condition of anonymity that the assessment included Israel.

The report said that Iran had developed a series of missiles that could strike at a distance of 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) -- capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.

Iran in 2017 showcased the 1,250-mile-range Khoramshahr missile, which can carry multiple warheads. The Pentagon study, in line with a tweet at the time by President Donald Trump, said the missile appeared to use technology from North Korea.

But the Pentagon study said that Iran was spending slightly less on its military, with $20.7 billion budgeted in 2017.

Iran's economy has come under growing pressure since Trump last year withdrew from a denuclearization accord and reimposed sweeping sanctions.

Christian Saunders, an expert on Iran at the Defense Intelligence Agency, warned of the impact if an arms embargo is lifted on Iran next year.

"These restrictions are set to expire in October 2020, providing Tehran an opportunity to acquire some advanced capabilities that have been beyond its reach for decades," Saunders told reporters.

The Islamic republic has faced UN-mandated sanctions on importing most weapons since 2006, but the embargo is set to expire five years after implementation of the nuclear deal.

The accord, which Iran reached in 2015 with former president Barack Obama's administration as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, is on life support after Trump left it and as Tehran takes steps to end compliance as a protest over continued sanctions.

A US intelligence official expected Iran to concentrate on procuring fighter jets and battle tanks, with Russia and China the most likely suppliers.

Iran argues that it must keep up its defenses, pointing to Western support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war and Israel's undeclared nuclear program.

Source:https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-says-irans-missiles-unrivaled-middle-east-211808212.html

panafrican:
People who underestimate the United State 's military capability and resilience will always lose the war with that country.

The way Vietnam lost to U.S during the Vietnam war? Taliban even defeated NATO in Afghanistan you are here worshipping uncle SAM.

Aaronsrod:
China may have warships but Victory will always be to USA as they warship the Living God and protect Israel!

Selah!

I haven't seen anything intellectual and reasonable about your post in this foreign section all you do is express your sentiments. Why can't you just limit yourself to the religion section and save yourself from this self embarrasment.

KngGezy:
True talk

But another hard truth is that alot of Xiaomites go to other threads and speculate. Wait even worse destroy the brand names and devices. Especially the Infinix thread, in fact I cry each time I visit that once upon a time active thread. Infinix users cant say they are using Infinix for the fear of imposed inferiority. Which is not ought to be there So when you see a transsion device lover asking for freedom of speech on this thread. Hes actually asking that the greater amount of Xiaomites trolling their threads to should stop. And in reality most of us came from using a transsion device to the perceived better device. Nonetheless some decided to stay with the brand because they think is the best. It's their choice and they are entitled to it absolutely. Because they can afford the "perceived better device" but they chose not to.

I put perceived better device in quote because except it's a world over renowned brand like apple ,Samsung Huawei. Its is still going through its development/ growth phase . And like Samsung did it will have its major and minor glitches until it reaches a level were it is accepted like iPhone without having to look at its processor or compare it with lesser phones

My opinions are not defamatory in any way

Honestly i love your post. Xiaomites love to spoil brands They have spoiled that Infinix thread.

I have seen so many complaints about Xiaomi here but if the same problem was posted on Infinix thread instead of them to try and give solution or let others who knows about it wade in they would start derailing the topic shouting infinix is crap this and that, in the end the poster won't get solution to his problem. Funny enough if an Infinix phone falls into water and the user came there to ask for solution these guys would start criticizing Infinix as if other phone brands are water proof.

I have helped guys solve their problems here and i have tried my best on Infinix thread too. One thing i know is these manufacturers are trying be it Xiaomi, infinix or Oppo. It all boils down to what you want. Infinix does not make use of snapdragon like other manufacturers if you are a heavy gamer then go for Xiaomi, samsung and the rest.

You don't have to blame Infinix for releasing Helio P22 when other manufacturers are using latest snapdragon version. It's like criticizing HP for producing a computer with Intel Celeron processor when there is Intel core i3, i5, i7. Celeron is only good for office work, desktop publishing while core i3, i5 and i7 are for gamers, programmers. And everybody cannot be a gamer or a programmer so it all boils down to what you intend to use the device for. I love your post.

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Pettyprincess:
This is the kind of thread i love seeing
Just take a look how both couple are attractive!!
Nigerian girls usually pick the best white men to marry because they see the value of what Nigerian guys can't appreciate!!
White men are romantic,caring,understanding nd also take good care of you!!!
Dear Nigerian ladies dnt let anyone tell you you can't find love outside your race,the truth is we have more options nd opportunities!!!
Our Nigerian brothers wnt like this[/s]

Your own worst pass inferiority complex.

khiaa:
I know white people and you are ignorant about them, that's why I can speak about them. You see them as something to be worshipped and I see them for the demons they are.

A wedding do not have to be extravagant to be beautiful. He will get tired of that dark meat and long for his white counter part. I didn't say the wedding was disgraceful and shameful, the marriage is.

My thought exactly. Inferiority complex is a disease in Africans.

Good move. Sanity must come back to this country.

NavalBoy:
Please, Doctors and Medical Practitioners, what may be caused of this?

Antifungal creams are not working. After applying, the itching stops, it resurfaces within a short period of time with possible expansion and growth.


Itching.
Pimples around his body.

What may be the cause?


Your relative input is highly needed.

Use Damatol it will dry in 5days you can thank me later

Abfinest007:
ok let see as he goes

We already know what he is going there to say. First thing is to call Nancy Pelosi a fool and go on to call others mad dogs. Trump does not disappoint lol

blackboy:
As rich as USA is no father christmas

China is ready to take its rightful position in that region. South Korea and China were both victims of Japan's aggression during WW2 and they share a common history.

The defence ministers of South Korea and China have agreed to develop their security ties to ensure stability in north-east Asia, the latest indication that Washington’s long-standing alliances in the region are fraying.

On the sidelines of regional security talks in Bangkok on Sunday, Jeong Kyeong-doo, the South Korean minister of defence, and his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, agreed to set up more military hotlines and to push ahead with a visit by Mr Jeong to China next year to “foster bilateral exchanges and cooperation in defence”, South Korea’s defence ministry said.

Seoul’s announcement coincided with growing resentment at the $5 billion (£3.9bn) annual fee that Washington is demanding to keep 28,500 US troops in South Korea.

That figure is a sharp increase from the $923 million that Seoul paid this year, which was an 8 per cent increase on the previous year.

An editorial in Monday’s edition of The Korea Times warned that the security alliance between the two countries “may fall apart due to Washington’s blatantly excessive demands”.

Mr Trump has previously threatened to withdraw US troops if his demands are not met, with the editorial accusing the president of regarding the Korea-US mutual defence treaty “as a property deal to make money”.

The vast majority of Koreans agree, with a recent survey by the Korea Institute for National Reunification showing that 96 per cent of people are opposed to Seoul paying more for the US military presence.

There is also irritation at the pressure that Washington is applying to the South to make Seoul sign an extension to a three-way agreement on sharing military information with the US and Japan.

The General Security of Military Information Agreement is due to expire at midnight on November 23 and South Korea insists that it will only agree to an extension if Japan cancels restrictions on exports of chemicals critical to the South’s microchip industry.

Japan is widely believed to have imposed the restrictions as the latest incident in its troubled relationship with South Korea, which includes the issue of compensation for labourers put to work during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

The two nations' defence ministers held discussions with Mark Esper, the US defence secretary, at the weekend but hopes that a breakthrough might materialise came to nothing.

Just days before an agreement designed to protect the allies from North Korean belligerence runs out, Tokyo and Seoul merely reiterated their long-held positions.

The US demanded in July that Japan pay $8 billion a year to keep 54,000 US military personnel in the country, Foreign Policy reported late last week.

Tokyo currently contributes $2 billion a year to US military costs in Japan.

“This kind of demand, not only the exorbitant number, but the way it is being done, could trigger anti-Americanism”, Bruce Klinger, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation think tank, told Foreign Policy.

“If you weaken alliances, and potentially decrease deterrence and US troop presence, that benefits North Korea, China and Russia, who see the potential for reduced US influence and support for our allies”.

Daniel Pinkston, a professor of international relations at the Seoul campus of Troy University, was more blunt in his assessment.

“It’s just extortion”, he told The Telegraph. “It’s little more than a mob boss going around and demanding protection money. The numbers that the US is demanding are politically impossible for Seoul and Tokyo to swallow and that is just fuelling resentment."

Source:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/18/china-signs-defence-agreement-south-korea-us-angers-seoul-demand/

Efewestern:
Everyone just running to have s-400, no doubt, Russia is the king when it comes to anti-aircraft missile system.

That's it. Let's see if America would sanction India. I still don't understand their problem because India is not a NATO member that was the excuse they gave Turkey. The truth is America fears this S-400

osifoblessingme:
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie is walking towards the path of becoming another 'Chris Okotie', VP Yemi Osinbajo to mention a few.

These are Christian politicians or better put Pastoral politicians.

The Actor cum politician made this announcement of becoming a pastor via his gram handle, he wrote: "I was told, many years ago. Now the manifestations have started".

Trust Nigerians a lot of reactions have followed this shocking announcement.

https://mobile.twitter.com/YulEdochie/status/1196085942374871045

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/actor-yul-edochie-announces-his.html

Pastoral politicians

India has made an advance payment of $800m for Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the head of Russian conglomerate Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said.

Chemezov told reporters on Monday that negotiations were under way and a contract with India will be completed in 2025.

The development comes amid threats of US sanctions, but New Delhi has pinned its hopes on a waiver from Washington.

India signed a $5bn deal to buy the long-range surface-to-air missile systems in October 2018 during a visit to New Delhi by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At the BRICS summit in Brazil on Thursday, Putin said the S-400 deliveries to India were going "according to plan".

"This was very much on the cards. The United States has more or less signalled that it's ok with this project and it is not likely to invoke sanctions against India as a result of this," Ajai Shukla, an Indian defence analyst, told Al Jazeera.

Moscow has long been the main supplier of military equipment to India - accounting for 62 percent of its total weapons imports during the last five years, according to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute.

However, in recent years, New Delhi has inched closer to the US and Israel for weapons supply.

The US has warned that India could face sanctions if it goes ahead with the S-400 deal, it has issued similar threats to Turkey over a planned purchase of the missile defence system.

Under a US law, known as the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), the purchase of defence equipment from Russia can be subject to sanctions. However, the president can opt to issue a waiver.

Shukla, the Indian analyst, said that despite concerns, the move is unlikely to negatively affect India's relations with the US, as it has Turkey's.

"India has been buying arms from Russia for decades. It has only recently switched over to buying arms from America.

"America is quite happy that it is selling a large number of arms to India and it realises that it cannot stop India from having a defence relationship with Russia because that is a historical pact," he said.

"The India-Russia relationship is a very old and tested relationship."

India's relations with the US have also been hit by trade frictions, with New Delhi imposing higher import tariffs on some US goods in retaliation for the US's refusal to exempt India from steel tariffs.

Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/india-advance-payment-russian-400-missile-system-191118094700059.html

They should examine his mouth i think that mouth needs surgery.

oladele00:
The way am furking this my neighbor, I pray she won't come out to shout rape in the future cos my joystick has done a lot of damages on her puna and am not going to marry her .. My real girlfriend is waiting for me at home

If you are a bricklayer you have nothing to worry about. But if you become Dangote in your future get a SAN to defend you. But remember you will account for this before your maker on the D-day. So repent

RamseyBolton:
May your sons be accused of rape like you have accused another man's father and husband.
Because dem knack you sara. When dem dey give other babes 10k, dem give you only Krest drink. The thing still dey pain you till tomorrow that you never became Mrs. Fatoyinbo.

Lmao

The scramble for Africa continues and African leaders are still sleeping.

That Etienne looks like satan i see in religious books. This is self multilation

Lmao. Panafrican don take Mexico white powder.

Ikorodu boiz pls stay tuned. The script is rolling out

When he had sense back then. Lol
What does he preach now?

partnerbizn5:
110bn dollars.

chimoo

I am here hawking data like gala.

Inside life.

This will form part of your success story na.

Who released this woman from the other room

Is U.S really scared of Russia? Why is America threatening countries trying to buy weapons from Russia? Is this an attempt to gain an unfair advantage over Russia in the arms market?

The U.S. sent a letter to Egypt’s government warning of possible sanctions over Cairo’s decision to move forward with plans to buy Russian jets, according to an official familiar with the decision.

According to the person, the letter said that any major new arms deal with Russia would “complicate” future U.S. defense transactions with and security assistance to Egypt.

The letter, sent by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is an unusual rebuke of a close Middle Eastern ally. The Trump administration has worked to build close ties with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

The U.S. has long been a major provider of weaponry to Egypt but Russia has been aggressively expanding its influence in the Middle East, sending forces to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his nation’s civil war, securing access to an Iranian air base and building ties with NATO member Turkey.

The letter from Esper and Pompeo was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal

Source:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-14/u-s-warns-egypt-of-sanctions-over-russian-warplane-purchase

Rgade:

That orangutan you see right there is more intelligent and more human than the president of a certain country.
This country currently has it's land borders shut.

This is hate speech. The president of that country is coming to castrate you

Geminita1:
Humans are so weak. Once you are down they run away and hide, the minute you get back they jump out from nowhere singing your praise. Why are we such cowards. Humans are overrated, i''ll rather be a flower.

Hibiscus flower or pride of barbados?

prinsam30:
the only pastor I respect in this world, even my brother wey be pastor, I no trust am at all