Irksome Firm Nearly Ejected From Air Show(Moscow)

[CHIMO]

ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow Region -- The jamming equipment made by Aviakonversia is so effective against U.S. planes and missiles that it apparently provoked an angry phone call to the Kremlin from U.S. President George W. Bush in the first days of the Iraq war.

Russian officials do not seem to have forgotten the scandal and on Friday tried to shut down the company's stand at the Seventh Moscow Aviation and Space Show, MAKS 2005, said Aviakonversia director Oleg Antonov.

Aviakonversia, which makes devices that jam the global positioning systems used in navigation, caused a storm of protest from Washington in the early days of the Iraq war in March 2003.

A hubbub ensued, however, in the first days of hostilities, when U.S. forces had difficulty in honing in on their targets. Bush reportedly picked up the phone to voice concern to President Vladimir Putin that Iraqi forces were using Russian-made night-vision goggles, GPS jammers and anti-tank missiles.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/22/002.html

Oh well. So much for "Star Wars".

[wakeme2008]

1. And without and sanctions against them,,, I would lay $$$

that Iran has this hardware.

[LisaL]

2. Sanctions? For what? They make defensive equipment.

Are you saying no country should be allowed to have defensive equipment, so US can attack those countries as we please?
:eyes:

[wakeme2008]

4. NO that Iran has not had any sanctions on them

so they could buy anything they want.

Bush ONLY got lucky in Iraq because of Gulf War I destroyed Iraq's military and they did have sanctions and it was very hard for them to get anything.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. I see black ops getting a new, or "renewed" target . . .

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From the posted article:

"Our GPS jammer puts all U.S. high-precision weapons out of order," Antonov said. "They have turned billions of dollars that the U.S. government has spent into dust."
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Them PNACers are gonna have a fit!

a wee bit more from the posted article:

Antonov denied that his company delivered any equipment directly to Saddam Hussein but acknowledged it might have reached Iraq via arms dealers.

"Right before the war, there were a lot of people in Moscow with suitcases full of money shopping for anything that could deter U.S. troops," Antonov said.

Aviakonversia now manufactures its gear outside Russia so as not to irritate the authorities, he said, though he declined to specify where. He also refused to identify his clients, saying only that they were foreign governments that acquired the jammers through middlemen.
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Wouldn't surprise me none if they were manufacturing deep in the bowels of China

don't think there's too many Murikkkans sneaking around in China

are there?

[drduffy]

5. every country

should have the ability to defend themselves against the Bully BushCo of the world. The time for Empire USA is fast waning. We could have promoted an 'empire' of truth, justice and helpfulness in concert with the other countries of the world... but we blew it when we gave in to the neocon disease. And we are now truly ill from the neocon bacteria. Is there any hope left for this patient?

[tanyev]

6. They didn't know Iraqis had night-vision goggles,

GPS jammers, and anti-tank missiles? More "bad intel" or the first clue that their rosy scenario was daft and delusional?