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ASHISH:
TEHRAN, December 26 (RIA Novosti) - Iran signed a contract with Russia on Tuesday for the delivery of advanced S-300 air defense missile systems to the Islamic Republic, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday.

An advanced version of the S-300 missile system, called S-300PMU1 (SA-20 Gargoyle), has a range of over 150 kilometers (about 100 miles) and can intercept ballistic missiles and aircraft at low and high altitudes, making this system an effective tool for warding off possible air strikes on Iran.

"S-300 air defense systems will be delivered to Iran under an earlier contract signed with Russia," the Fars news agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as saying.

The minister provided no contract details or a schedule for future deliveries, Fars said.

The signing of the deal follows last week's session of the Russian-Iranian commission on military-technical cooperation in Tehran, where the sides reviewed existing agreements and discussed future steps to extend cooperation in the military sphere.

The closest western equivalent of the S-300 is the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot system or the U.S. Navy RIM-66 Standard Missile 2 (SM-2).

U.S. authorities have repeatedly called on Russia to stop arms deliveries to countries whose political regimes Washington disapproves of, including Iran.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in October that Russia would not take into consideration attempts to impose arms deal restrictions "based on unilateral and politicized assessments".

He also said deliveries of Russian weapons were aimed exclusively at increasing the defense capability of the countries receiving them, and at maintaining their stability.

Russia earlier supplied Iran with 29 Tor-M1 air defense systems under a $700-million contract signed in late 2005.

In February, Tehran successfully tested Tor-M1s during a military exercise by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in southern Iran.

The Iranian defense minister said on Wednesday that during last week's meeting Russian and Iranian officials discussed the possibility of using Russian experts to train the crews of Iranian Tor-M1 systems in the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, a senior Russian military official said that dozens of Iranian Tor-M1 specialists, including radar operators and crew commanders had already completed training in Russia in 2006 and 2007.

"They [the Iranians] have successfully completed the training program and returned home," said Colonel General Nikolai Frolov, commander of the Ground Forces' air defense.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20071226/94238985.html


Man i can tell you s300 is one of the best airdefence system in the world along with s400 even india has it to counter pakistan f16.What will israel do now? >:(

The Shadow:
I once read somewhere, the thing that will determine when Israel attacks  Iran's nuclear arsenal greatlly depends on the sophistication of the imports of IRAN'S missle defense system.  In other words, Israel desires to attack Iran before this new defense system is up and running.

Supposedly this is a super advanced system, the best in the world.  Russia is truely the enemy of Israel for supplying this to Iran.  I hope Israel has something up it's sleeve as payback to Russia for supplying this missle system to Iran

I'm so glad that Irael has part of their nuclear arsenal aimed at Russia. 

Ehud:
This missile "defense" system is one of the most evil things that Russia has provided for Iran.  Any country that actively supports Iran in creating a "defensive" missile system capable of preventing a strike on Iran's nuclear program is complicit in Iran's nuclear bomb making program and everything that results from it.  Russia is maybe even more blameworthy than Iran because Russia aids the Iranian nuclear bomb making program, knowing what Iran intends to attempt to do with it.  The Iranian bomb-making program will still be penetrable, but any blood that occurs from taking their bomb-making program out will be on the hands of the Russians. 

cjd:
While it is an evil thing Russia is doing I honestly believe anything they have to offer in the way of a missile defense system is of questionable quality to say the least. Russia has a way of producing a great deal of garbage and convincing the world of how good it really is. One only has to remember Desert Storm when Iraq was firing the Soviet made missiles and they were going up and falling right back down almost on the people who were firing them off. Most of Russia's better scientists have left when they allowed Jews to leave the country. Their electronics and guidance systems are dated and hokey to say the least. While they are giving Iran some advantage by supplying this garbage I am sure Israel will not have any problem coming up with systems that will make a monkey out of obsolete garbage such as Russia has to offer.

jerry1800:
Russki is afraid the electronics and codes fall in US hands

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