TheImmortal
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+ many Ukhonto engineers are retired now and many lost theyr job, its possible Iran could recruit some of them for good cash
Denel’s employee numbers shrink 15% over the last year - defenceWeb
In a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises today on its annual financial results for 2019/20, Denel revealed that it had lost nearly 500 employees over the last year. The presentation by Interim Group CEO William Hlakoane showed Denel’s workforce shrinking – as of 1 April...www.defenceweb.co.za
" Many people have left Denel over the non-payment of salaries last year – a matter that went to court and is awaiting judgement by the Labour Court. Denel Dynamics, for example, has lost almost all its engineers, many of whom have gone to work for companies in the Middle East. "
I didnt say this new Iranian AD system has something to do with them, but I also read the story Iran was interested in the Umkhonto SAM missile:
SA hoping to sell weapons to Iran - defenceWeb
South Africa is hoping to sell some R1.5 billion worth of weapons to Iran, including Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles. This is according to an article published in Rapport, which says South Africa has requested permission from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to sell Iran the weapons...
I think the Israeli’s also gave Iran the design too
Look at canisters of Iron dome
You guys need to realize there are only so many different ways to “skin” a cat. So for air defense platforms either the launch tubes will be circular like S-300, Arrow, etc. or they will be square like PAC-3, Khordad, Bavar and for shorter range systems square and compact with many canisters. No need to re design the wheel everytime a country creates an air defense system.
Doesn’t mean any system is copy of the other.
I doubt anyone would say this:
Is a copy of this:
