UN Bans On Iran’s Missile Program Expires, No Snapback In Sight
Iran International skrev:The UN sanctions on Iran’s missile program expired Wednesday, a victory for Tehran and raising concerns about the accelerated proliferation of its dangerous weapons.
The Iranian ministries of foreign affairs and defense issued separate statements announcing the end of UN prohibitions aimed at constraining Iran's missile and drone activities under Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2231, which endorsed the now defunct 2015 nuclear deal. The Islamic Republic is now free to sell its drones, ballistic missiles, and related long-range strike technologies to its anti-Western partners and clients and buy technology to develop more.
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EU countries cite several reasons for keeping the sanctions: Russia's use of Iranian drones against Ukraine, the potential transfer of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia, and Iran's violation of the nuclear deal, which has deprived Tehran of its benefits. However, they are unwilling to pursue a snapback. Snapback is a process that would result in the restoration of six UNSCRs on Iran from 2006 to 2010, along with the reinstatement of all their associated prohibitions and penalties. These measures were agreed upon in the JCPOA to ensure that Iran recognized the consequences of any non-compliance, consequences that cannot be thwarted by Russia and China, Iran's Security Council allies with veto power.
FN:s sanktioner mot Irans program för ballistiska missiler och drönare har precis gått ut. Visserligen struntar Ryssland i dessa, men inte länder som Serbien.
Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 18 oktober 2023 22:27
Signaturen "The Military Watch" har identifierat nio förstörda helikoptrar (fem Ka-52 samt fyra Mi-8) på flygfältet vid Berdjansk. Dessutom finns det troligen ytterligare fyra skadade Mi-8:or. Se även hela tråden. Däremot är det knäpptyst om skadeläget i Luhansk. Vad är Putins respons på denna förödande attack?
Antalet
visuellt bekräftade ryska förluster utgör 12 656 enheter, varav 2 404 stridsvagnar och 115 helikoptrar. Förlusterna vid Avdiivka är
verkligen massiva!
dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 16 juni 2023 8:51
Ytterligare en artikel i The Warzone beskriver att Ukraina måste hitta något bättre sätt att bekämpa de ryska Kamov Ka-52 koaxialrotorhelikoptrarna
Har skribenten hört talas om klusterladdade ATACMS-missiler? Häromdagen förlorade Ryssland just fem sådana samt åtta andra helikoptrar, kanske fler.
Den senaste artikeln i The War Zone om de ukrainska attackerna har följande ingress:
The War Zone skrev:Satellite images show how effective cluster munition versions of ATACMS are for striking air bases full of soft targets out in the open.
Finns det undervapen trots allt? Nya uppgifter gör dessutom gällande att sju helikoptrar
förstördes på flygfältet vid Luhansk, gissningsvis Ka-52 samt Mi-8.
Biden has not supplied Ukraine with the war-winning ATACMS missile
The Telegraph skrev:Yesterday, the freedom-loving world was greatly cheered to hear that US President Joe Biden had finally overcome his fears and supplied the embattled Ukrainians with the war-winning weapon they have been requesting pretty much since the invasion began: the Army Tactical Missile System, ATACMS. And it’s true, some ATACMS have been supplied. Sadly, however, they are a long-obsolete early version with barely half the range of a proper ATACMS and a comparatively feeble warhead.
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The short range of the M39 would account for the fact that the only Russian aircraft so far reported destroyed are attack helicopters, which need to be based nearer the front line than jets – in Berdyansk, in this case. The M39 cannot reach Saky, the main Russian airbase in Crimea, and it cannot reach the naval base of Sevastopol, already rendered largely untenable by Storm Shadow / SCALP strikes. Perhaps most significantly, the M39 ATACMS cannot reach the Kerch bridges and so cut one of Russia’s vital supply lines. In fact, the M39 ATACMS cannot do pretty much anything the Ukrainians wanted ATACMS for. It can strike anywhere in the occupied “land bridge” from Crimea to Russia, but Ukraine could already do that.
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Sadly, it seems, Joe Biden has yet to pluck up his courage. Braver politicians in Britain and yes, even France, do not have ATACMS to give: only the comparatively unwieldy, easily shot down Storm Shadow/SCALP, which is only available in limited numbers and which isn’t a good bridge-buster due to the type of fuse it has. Germany is reportedly unwilling to supply its Taurus, otherwise very similar to the Storm Shadow, because it uses a more sophisticated fuse and could indeed take out the Kerch bridges.
Alla är dock inte nöjda, speciellt inte de som värnar om Oslo-konventionen och ofta bor på bekvämt avstånd från Ryssland...