RELATED:Is Israel arming in Saudi Arabia?Opinion: Israel’s daunting taskIran and Syria denied the occurrence of any radar transfer.“Iran is engaged indeveloping Syrian intelligence and aerial detection capabilities, andIranian representatives are present in Syria for that express purpose,”the IDF Spokesman’s Office told the paper. “Radar assistance is onlyone expression of that cooperation.”Placing advanced radar in Syria is strongly in Iran’s interest, theofficials said, as it would provide Iran with better visibility ofIsraeli airspace and could serve as an early warning of a developingIsraeli air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.Syria’s interest in advanced radar was probably enhanced by the IAFraid on an alleged nuclear reactor being built in Syria in September2007, when Syria’s air defenses failed to repel the attack.
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'Wall Street Journal': Move meant to deter Israeli preemptive attack.
RELATED:Is Israel arming in Saudi Arabia?Opinion: Israel’s daunting taskIran and Syria denied the occurrence of any radar transfer.“Iran is engaged indeveloping Syrian intelligence and aerial detection capabilities, andIranian representatives are present in Syria for that express purpose,”the IDF Spokesman’s Office told the paper. “Radar assistance is onlyone expression of that cooperation.”Placing advanced radar in Syria is strongly in Iran’s interest, theofficials said, as it would provide Iran with better visibility ofIsraeli airspace and could serve as an early warning of a developingIsraeli air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.Syria’s interest in advanced radar was probably enhanced by the IAFraid on an alleged nuclear reactor being built in Syria in September2007, when Syria’s air defenses failed to repel the attack.