RUSSIA SIGNS S-300 MISSILE CONTRACT
"Russia has signed a contract to supply Iran with sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles... the first batch could be delivered 18 months after Iran has specified the S-300 type that it wants... The $800m (£545m) contract, signed in 2007, was frozen by Russia in 2010 because of the international sanctions. President Vladimir Putin unfroze it in April... The S-300 can be used against multiple targets including jets, or to shoot down other missiles. The S-300B4 variant - delivered to the Russian armed forces last year - can shoot down any medium-range missile in the world today, flies at five times the speed of sound and has a range of 400km (248 miles)... the missiles could be used to protect Iranian nuclear sites from air strikes... a defensive weapon."
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