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| ‘Iran’s adversaries attempting to block delivery of S-300 missiles’ |
| 2009-11-27 |
| Russia has delayed the delivery of the S-300 missile system to Iran due to the pressure imposed on it by Iran’s adversaries, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Wednesday. “This delay is due to the pressure the United States and Israel are exerting on Russia and since the U.S. military sanctions on Iran are serious, (the U.S.) is putting pressure on the Russians,” Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari told the Mehr News Agency. However, the Russians themselves have no problem with the sale of the S-300 system to Iran, he added. The S-300 system, which can track targets and fire at aircraft 120 kilometers (75 miles) away, features high jamming immunity and is able to simultaneously engage up to 100 targets. The truck-mounted S-300PMU1, known in the West as the SA-20, can shoot down cruise missiles and aircraft. It can fire at targets up to 150 km (90 miles) away and travel at more than two km per second. Iran says Russia should have delivered the air defense system some six months ago and the delay is apparently the result of Western pressure |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 Let's see if Russia reciprocate and tries to block Israel's "Fatboy" delivery to Isfahan. |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2009-11-27 11:11 |