From Russia, with love . . .

. . . or not. Item:
Russia said on Tuesday that it would supply one of its most advanced anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian government hours after the EU ended its arms embargo on the country's rebels, raising the prospect of a rapidly escalating proxy war in the region if peace talks fail in Geneva next month.Israel quickly issued a thinly veiled warning that it would bomb the Russian S-300s if they were deployed in Syria as such a move would bring the advanced guided missiles within range of civilian and military planes in Israeli air space.


The cynic in me says the Russians just want to discover the tactics the U.S. will use to defeat the missiles, thus saving them a few years in development costs.

Then again, that theory makes more sense than whatever the Russians think they'll achieve.

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