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Friday, March 07, 2014

Egypt seeking advanced Russian S-300 air defense missiles

S-300PMUThe Egyptian government is reportedly seeking to purchase advanced S-300 mobile air-defense missile systems from Russia month new jets and anti- tanks weapons.

The Jerusalem Post cites a Washington Institute for Near East Policy report entitled "Egypt arms deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs" written by David Schenker and Eric Trager.

The report says that this deal comes in spite of the fact that Egypt has upheld a peace deal with Israel that demilitarized the Sinai Peninsula in 1979. The transfer of such weaponry "would degrade Israel's qualitative military edge."

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