Iran Offers To Sell Advanced Weapons Systems For Crypto (ft.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/01/1744208/iran-offers-to-sell-advanced-weapons-systems-for-crypto
- Source link: https://www.ft.com/content/d1ceb1a4-3493-4776-ae22-c94d76dc478f?accessToken=zwAGR1fuyobokdPRzrGkNJNHdtOuIslNdtxHjw.MEUCIQCWBUOeoJRm_VHJFRNIp6CtEnLrHe6soevm2MZTC0YMDQIgWSovRj0jUjGz_06oKem0AgTyYU_hcYM4kR6YxfBy6yY&sharetype=gift&token=0c7f4421-5971-4c97-b072-b3433c92dfb0
> Iran's Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, says it is prepared to negotiate military contracts that allow payment in digital currencies, as well as through barter arrangements and Iranian rials, according to promotional documents and payment terms analysed by the Financial Times.
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> The offer, introduced during the past year, appears to mark one of the first known instances in which a nation state has publicly indicated its willingness to accept cryptocurrency as payment for the export of strategic military hardware. Mindex, a state-run body responsible for Iran's overseas defence sales, says it has client relationships with 35 countries and advertises a catalogue of weapons that includes Emad ballistic missiles, Shahed drones, Shahid Soleimani-class warships and short-range air defence systems.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/d1ceb1a4-3493-4776-ae22-c94d76dc478f?accessToken=zwAGR1fuyobokdPRzrGkNJNHdtOuIslNdtxHjw.MEUCIQCWBUOeoJRm_VHJFRNIp6CtEnLrHe6soevm2MZTC0YMDQIgWSovRj0jUjGz_06oKem0AgTyYU_hcYM4kR6YxfBy6yY&sharetype=gift&token=0c7f4421-5971-4c97-b072-b3433c92dfb0
I'll take 1 used F-14 (Score:3)
Always wanted a Tomcat.
Re: I'll take 1 used F-14 (Score:2)
Maybe Iran can make a Pepsi points crypto
Re: I'll take 1 used F-14 (Score:1)
Y'all accept RightwingNutjobCoin, right?
Our entire civilization is collapsing (Score:3)
You can't even do the most basic money laundering controls anymore as a result of it. You can't deregulate to this extent, to the extent that libertarian types clamor for, and not wind up in this exact situation.
And no America isn't going to go to war with Iran. Iran can actually fight back. We would probably win because we're more than willing to do genocide these days but it would require more resources and more lives and most likely a draft. Basically it's Vietnam all over again but with extra bombing.
So for all the saber rattling unless Donald Trump's dementia and Alzheimer's gets the best of him we aren't going to war with Iran.
And the collapse is taking down the whole planet (Score:1)
Is collapsing. Collapsing before our eyes. But nobody at all notice but me because people can't see clearly because people are unable of critical thinking. It's like how we blame cell phones on everything wrong with kids and not the ludicrous amounts of pressure we're putting on them because we know the entire economy and job market is collapsing and there aren't going to be enough jobs available for the number of people capable of working them so we're all hoping our kid is going to get the edge and be all
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In fairness to Trump; I think he pretty clearly showed that he's not just saber rattling and that there is fuck all that Iran can do about it.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_Iranian_nuclear_sites
So the billionaires are in charge (Score:3)
Not trump. Trump is only a billionaire now because of the corruption he's engaged in so he's a very recent member of the billionaire club. And he doesn't have nearly as much money or power as somebody like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg.
I don't think the billionaires will allow Trump to go to war with Iran because it wouldn't be economically advantageous to them and it would get in the way of them becoming trillionaires.
There's also a chance that the inevitable draft would cause the country to move to
I'll admit it. I was wrong. (Score:2)
I'll admit it. I was wrong. For the past decade my mantra has been "crypto has no use-case at scale". Well, I guess they found one. Selling weapons to dictators is a pretty big market. Congratulations crypto bros, you finally have a use-case and all it took was financing global terrorism.
Re: I'll admit it. I was wrong. (Score:2)
One word drives darknet markets: Drugs That is enough of a usecase
Truth in advertising (Score:2)
Will they sell it? Sure. Advanced? Ehhhhhhh... mmaaayyybe. Iran is technically a middle income country, although they're probably a bit lower than the rankings suggest. I guess their weapons count as advanced if you're a third-world country.
Is that haram? (Score:2)
I mean they sure talk lost about religion over there...is that all cool with Qur'an teachings?
Just asking for a friend.
Great, I'll take a dozen (Score:2)
Says Israel.
can I get a discount If I buy in bulk?
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they can get them for free from iran too ...