Wikileaks: Russia offered to cancel S-300 Deal with Iran for Israeli UAV
Technology
Wikileaks reveals that in 2010, Israel was offered by Russia to cancel the
delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran, in exchange for Israeli unmanned
aerial vehicle technology, for which it was willing to pay $1 billion
Ami Rojkes Dombe | 26/09/2016
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/wikileaks-russia-offered-cancel-s-300-deal-iran-israeli-uav-technology

A leaked document published on wikileaks.org reveals that in 2010, Russia
raised the provision of sophisticated Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
technology in exchange for canceling the S-300 sale to Iran.

According to the publication, IMOD's Political-Military Chief Amos Gilad
said that Russian interlocutors had acknowledged development gaps in their
UAV platform and that Russia is prepared to pay USD one billion for Israeli
UAV technology. He reiterated that Israel would not provide its latest UAV
technology, arguing that such technology would likely end up in the hands of
the Chinese.

Regarding the Iranian nuclear program, Gilad was not sure Tehran had decided
it wants a nuclear weapon – but is "determined" to obtain the option to
build one. According to Gilad, given Tehran's clandestine nuclear program
(e.g., Qom), it will not be clear when Iran has reached the "point of no
return." He doubted Iran would choose to let it overtly known that it has
produced a nuclear weapon. The document also reveals that the Iranians
planned to build ten additional uranium enrichment facilities.