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Report: U.S. buys Russian S-300 missile , arms dealer pissed
From Geostrategy-Direct, requires subscription... The U.S. military secretly purchased a state-of-the art Russian aircraft and missile defense system through Croatia, according to Zagreb Vjesni newspaper. There is always someone that will sell something, for a price. The daily reported that the S-300 system was secretly transported to the United States this year, according to an arms dealer who sued over the loss of the $200 million system. D'oh! The Pentagon has a covert program to buy or acquire foreign weapons systems to learn their characteristics to develop countermeasures. The S-300 is used widely by the Russian military and also has been purchased and deployed by China near Taiwan. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-18 |
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