Russia once again cancels S-300 sale to Iran
Russia has once again stated that they will not sell the S-300 anti-missile system to Iran. On Tuesday, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted a top military official as saying the United Nation’s latest Iran sanctions, which Moscow had backed, ruled out the delivery of missile systems.We'll see....
...Russian Military official Alexander Fomin on Tuesday did not directly identify the S-300s, but pledged Moscow would desist from supplying "large missile systems" in accordance with the sanctions, Interfax reported.
During a visit to Jerusalem about three weeks ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the a presidential decree on what weapons will and will not be sold was under formulation following the United Nations Security Council resolution in June to impose additional sanctions on Iran.
One of the most advanced multi-target anti-aircraft-missile systems in the world, the S-300 has a reported ability to track up to 100 targets simultaneously while engaging up to 12 at the same time.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:22 PM
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