Persian Gulf: Next Step In U.S. Global Missile Shield

Voice of Russia
August 20, 2012

ABM in Qatar: American way to control the ‘axis of evil’

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[T]here is a contingency plan in the Pentagon of invading and striking Iran’s nuclear installations. In this sense the Iranian air defense is much stronger than any air defense they have met before. Neither Libya, nor even Syria have such a strong defense as Iran does.

[I]t is a part of a global net of American missile defense installations. And they hope that this will give them superiority for a long time over any possible rival in the international affairs.

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“The Persian Gulf could not be avoided by Americans in terms of controlling the air space in the area of the so-called “axis of evil”. And one of the elements of the “axis of evil” as we understand of course is Iran. So, this is the first dimension.” – Gennady Yevstafyev, retired Lieutenant General of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

The US is planning to deploy an ABM system in Qatar. How will it influence the situation around Iran?

We have to understand that there are two dimensions of the problem. One dimension is that Americans have a far-reaching, long-term plan to have a global missile defense system as part of the system that they have already established.

The same kind of facilities are in Japan. Now they are building them in Australia and in Turkey, which is a part of the European missile defense. And auxiliary installations are on the territory of Romania. And of course such a sensitive area as the Persian Gulf could not be avoided by Americans in terms of controlling the air space of the area where they have as they call the “axis of evil”. And one of the elements of the “axis of evil” as we understand of course is Iran. So, this is the first dimension.

The second dimension is the American relationship with Iran. Whatever we say, whatever the developments are, I have a feeling, of course the Obama Administration rejects this and says there is no such plan, but I do think that there is a contingency plan in the Pentagon of invading and striking Iran’s nuclear installations. In this sense the Iranian air defense is much stronger than any air defense they have met before. Neither Libya, nor even Syria have such a strong defense as Iran does.

So, Qatar is a very close ally of the US and they think that, it is a rich country of course, they think that they are very safe in this area and that’s why they are building this installation exactly in Qatar because the stability of this country allows them to be quite sure. But this will raise the American military presence in the region because to run this kind of radar and auxiliary installations you have to have very sophisticated personnel, and that is a secret. And this kind of personnel and the whole thing of secrecy could be trusted only to the Americans.

To sum up, I have to say that we should not really limit the whole problem to controlling the air space in the Persian Gulf and over quite a big territory of Iran, but it is a part of a global net of American missile defense installations. And they hope that this will give them superiority for a long time over any possible rival in the international affairs.

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