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Russia to supply missiles to Iran

Iran urges Russia to fulfill missile supply contract TEHRAN Breaking News 24/7 Ria Novosti, IANS November 11th, 2009– Russia has to fulfill its contract on the supply of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said…………

Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of S-300 missiles to the Islamic Republic in December 2005. However, there have been no official reports about the start of the contract’s implementation since then.

In December 2008, the Iranian media reported that Russia had started delivering elements of the advanced version of the S-300 missile. However, Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation has denied such reports.

The latest version of the S-300 series is the S-300PMU2 Favorit, which has a range of up to 195 km and can intercept aircraft and ballistic missiles at altitudes from 10 meters to 27 km.

Iran urges Russia to fulfill missile supply contract

November 12, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons