Iran received the first batch of Russian S-300 missiles
Iran received the first batch of Russian S-300 missiles
4/11/2016 11:37
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Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Iran received the first installment of the “S – 300″ missiles under previously signed a deal with Russia.
Hussein al – Jaber Al- Ansari , Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Monday, April 11 / April: “Previously we announced that this deal, despite some delays in the past, is in the implementation phase, and today announced that the first batch of the equipment had arrived to Iran and will continue to other payment delivery later. ” It is
noteworthy that Moscow and Tehran signed in 2007 a special contract to supply five battalions of” feed systems – 300 “to Iran, but the former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, imposed in 2010 a ban on the supply of these systems to Iran, based on the resolutions issued by the UN Security Council on Iran, which led to the cancellation of the contract , which was worth more than $ 800 million, while Russia returned to Tehran ‘s financial installment , which received as payment.
In April / April 2015 ordered the Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift the ban on the supply of “supply S 300 “to Iran, after the decisive progress in the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue.
One of the unique characteristics for” s – 300 “is to secure self – protection, as well as air defense, where able cope with all kinds of medium term in the world of rockets.
the the speed of its missiles to five times the speed of sound and can hit six goals at once with 12 missiles at a distance of 400 km, as they do not require maintenance for decades.
it is expected the Iranian side to complete delivery of “S – 300″ missiles in the first half of this year.
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