By Natali Moss
This agreement, according to Forbes, may induce the United States to pressure the Cypriot government in order to transfer old Russian anti-aircraft missile complexes to Ukraine. Cyprus's air defense is currently composed of SMRC Divisions "Thor", the Medium-range "Buk-M1" and the portable French complexes "Mistral". Journalists suggest that Nicosia has signed an Iron Dome Agreement to prevent Turkey's possible provocations.
Moreover, as it is said in Forbes, the United States officially appealed to Cyprus to transfer their significant Russian arms arsenal to Ukraine and the government of the island state expressed its readiness to do so provided that they update their air defense. "The US could insist that Cyprus has acquired an" iron dome "for complete replacement rather than complementing its old Russian systems, and transfer these systems to Ukraine.
Washington has more than enough levers to force Nicosia Cyprus in November 1987, which they partially canceled in September 2020.
In addition, the US helped Israel to develop an "iron dome", which, as noted in the Israeli press, means that any sale of the system by a third country "cannot" to happen without the approval of both developers, "-the authors of the article say and do not rule out that the White House can disrupt the Iron Dome Sale Agreement if they do not comply announced the allocation of a new military assistance package to Ukraine, within which the Armed Forces can receive air defense, artillery systems, drones, radars and ammunition worth about $ 3 billion.
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