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Iran will take delivery of first Russian-made S-300 air defense missile the first quarter of 2016 11502162.
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Iran will take delivery of the first Russian-made S-300 air defense missile system in the first quarter of 2016, said Russian Special Presidential Envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov. The S-300 (NATO code SA-10 Grumble) is a family of initially Soviet-made surface-to-air defense missile systems produced by the Russian Company Almaz-Antey.
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 S-300PMU2 at MAKS 2016, Air Show in Moscow, Russia (Source image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/S-300PMU2_launcher%2C_MAKS_2003.JPG) |
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Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan earlier said that the first shipment of Russian S-300s would be made in the first quarter of 2016.
In 2007, Moscow and Tehran signed an $800-million deal for the delivery of five S-300 missile systems to Iran. In 2010, Russia suspended the contract, citing a UN Security Council resolution that placed an arms embargo on Tehran until it proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear project. In April 2015, Moscow repealed the S-300 delivery ban, after Iran and six global powers, including Russia, reached a framework nuclear agreement to remove the anti-Tehran sanctions in exchange for guarantees of the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities. In spring 2015, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on supplies of the S-300 systems to Iran. Sergei Chemezov, of the defense export authority Rosoboronexport’s Rostech Company, said in early November the contract on the systems came into force. In January 2016, about 80 military specialists from Iran in January, 2016 have started a training to use S-300 at the training centers of the Mozhaisky Academy in Russia. The training program will be four months long. Its cost is a part of the contract. After the course, supposedly in May, the Iranians will return home. The S-300PMU2 is the latest generation of air defense system in the S-300 family. The S-300PMU2 Favorit can engage targets flying from 10 m to 27 km above the surface at a speed of up to 10,000 km/h. It is claimed that it has a kill ratio ranging from 0.8 to 0.93 against aircraft and from 0.8 to 0.98 against Tomahawk-class cruise missiles. |
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