the russians, when left to their own devices, have never acted responsibly. they should know that they will pay for whatever their missiles do. they cannot provoke conflict with impunity.

the best that israel could do is stop all business dealings with russia, and let them do what they wanted to do, let israel business go to other friendly countries instead of the "communist" vladimir putin government, ok? israel must improve its missiles defense capabilities instead of bargaining with other "rogue" countries like russia!

and Israel is a sovereign nuclear power. Should it catch any flak from any of the terrorist harboring countries it should exercise its right to vaporize them.

I realize it is 1 thing to protest America supports all supposedly anti dictator pro Democracy protests but Syria is no Libya Tunisia Egypt Syria is Syria quite unique in the Arab world thus recieving military equipment from Russia does not mean Syria would know how to use utilize this advanced hard ware Syria is no Israel where as Israeli soldiers are well trained Syrian forces are lucky if they could load a bullet in to a rifle let alone use utilize fire advanced sophisdicated equipment WHY who knows Arabs are Arabs Syrian Arabs are Syrian Arabs it has always been a problem for Syria RIGHT Assad is Assad how they did 9 11 is beyond me how they have killed 4 000 American troops in Iraq another 1 400 in Afghanistan is even more beyond me and so a bigger miracle than Moses crossing the Red Sea RIGHT !!! and so exactly6 how they even killed 150 Israeli soldiers in 2006 is beyond me still though Syria has never showed proven it is any better than Hamas in Gaza if even that RIGHT ??? Thank You... M. S.

Nice move by the Russians, they don't have the political constraints that the Americans have in selling arms to the supposed enemies of Israel. but then business is business. I imagine It won't be too long before the Chinese see the same opportunity to advance their political influence in the ME and sell a few armaments to any interested parties.

for Israel because the leadership does not have the backbone needed to stand up to the countries that encircle and threaten Israel. As soon as the missles are delivered to Syria the air force should destroy them, not wait until they are operational. Playing tit for tat when you are outnumbered is a dangerous game Israel can not afford. The same as Israel can not afford to get into a war and listen to the UN, the USA or the EU, all of which, at this time, don't care if Israel is destroyed. Strong, decisive leadership is what is needed and is what Israel seems to lacks. In fact has lacked for over a decade.

Oh Nooooo, you're SO surprised! Get over it, you sell cruise or drone tech to the Russians then act stupified when they turn it around and give it to your enemies. Are you for real? You made your shekel, but at what cost? The lives of your sons, G-forbid????

it is a way for the russians to transfer the missiles to iran without appearing to offend the sanctions regime.

...with a single republic. The Soviets loved to stick their finger in the eye of any western country, while at the same time giving away weapons to every 3rd world country they could in order to curry favor and votes at the UN. Now that oil prices are up and the Soviets, er, excuse me, the commies....I mean the Russians are dripping with oil money, they can afford to start pulling their cold-war style pranks again.

Sell Georgia Merkava tanks (like Israel was supposed in 2007 to before Russian whining got in the way), Tavor assault rifles, and long-range Jericho missiles that can hit Moscow.

Russian missiles not for you zionists, but for the Syrian opposition abroad !

Just translate ' Putin ' into french, and you will have the accurate meaning of this men. Strong decisive leadership is no longer the accepted norm in the govt., the IDF. Too many generals and govt officials parading in the hi-class joints of T.A. --- not enough time left to think. Selling drones to Russia?, why not selling them directly to Iran and eliminate the middle man.

FYI: The blockade is legal. Period. Read a bit and find out, or are you afraid of the truth because it doesn't fit what you want to believe?

Both Arrow & the Patriot systems are designed for dealing with Shihab ballistic missiles not cruise missiles. The Russian S-300 & S400. While not a dedicated ballistic missile defense system like Arrow it the Russian system can destroy cruise missiles something not even the most modern version of the Patriot can do and Israel doesn't even operate the most modern version. Russia does make some things better than America and air defenses is one of them and so instead of thinking can we get it as a freebee with military aid Israel should be thinking whats going to best protect this country. Peace treaties are also not magic bullets the left would have us believe. Whats currently going on proves that regimes can change and when regime change so can policy and a treaty that took years to negotiate can be broken in minutes. The IDF has already been caught with its pants down over Sinai because after the treaty was signed the desert warfare units were decommissioned because Egypt was no longer considered a threat. What happens when we sign a treaty with Syria and some genius in the government decides we no longer need to prepare for warfare in the north because Syria is not a threat so lets save some money and get rid of all capabilities to fight on the northern front? The IDF should always prepare for the worst hope for the best even in peace time and buy the best equipment not the cheapest.

Supresonic at flexible flight path easy to hide, deadly ,...

Salma, in the coming war we will see what is better missles,Israeli make or Russian? Secondly, we will see who will run to the UN,European,Russia,and the Arab world and ask for ceasefire? Do not complain to the world ISRAEL USING EXCESSIVE FORCE. Lastly,do not hid in mosques,school,with civilians,come out to the battlefield.

Syria has a hidden nuclear program and is arming world recognized terrorist groups Hamas & Hezbollah and is allied with Iran a nation that publicly calls for Israels destruction and what does Israel do? NOTHING... absolutely nothing. Hamas is launching missiles into the heart of an Israeli major city and what does the government of Israel do... It launches pin prick strikes to satisfy it's public along with a weak statement. Israels needs a major show of force off the coast of Syria or Iran or strike Hamas hard..If it doesn't the Arabs and Persians will strike first and hard.

emplacements should be an easy task for the Israelis. Just look at how well they are doing in their search for Shalit in Gaza.

if you are selling missiles to syria to wipe out israel,putting making money above human lives,how about israel giving the little country of georgia 100 nukes free?

Like the ones they pulled out of Lebanon as smoking wrecks several years ago? And all this talk of advanced Israeli drone technology?! The Russians have advanced guidance systems and spy cameras that they could mount on model aeroplanes. But why should they put them into low elevation shoot down ranges for capture by their enemies when they can buy your technology and copy it. The Russians have this old saying about the capitalists selling them the rope they will use to hang the capitalists. It's applicable today as was was back in the day.

So how is the Syrian government going to pay for this?Maybe this is what the Russian government expects; Iranian government gives money to Syrian government-->>Syrian government pays Russian government. Maybe there were containers full of dollars on -board the Kharg How this adds to regional stability,I fail to understand.It certainly calls into question the respectability and motives of the Russian government.It's no better than Gaddafi Libya. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

yes,im giving my thoughts from the safey of my home in the good old usa.not going to sleep every night with rockets going over my home for 60 years,not knowing if i will wake up in the morning.ihave seen boat loads of jews turn away from our shores,for fear of upseting hitler only to be branded like cattle and thrown into the ovens of europe, ihave seen pearl harbor,9-11,both places we were caught with our pants down,no air force to cover the skies of n.y.,depending on canada,200 marines killed in lebanon while they were sleeping,hundreds of americans come home without legs from ieds made in iran,remember while you are sleeping,the other guy is planning to kill you. as in baseball three strikes and you are out.

least of all their own people.

becomes you. syria is NOT a sovereign state, is is a PROPED UP state form Monnies of the Likes Of iran, hizbullah and anyone willing to PAY to Play. The arab countries All mind you are Corupt To The Core. Bribes and back door deals are the Norm. So leanon pull your Head Out of your Ass, breath some fresh air. You have No idea what your talking about.