RUSSIA LIFTS BAN ON SENDING S-300 ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM
"... Putin signed a decree lifting Russia's own
ban on the delivery of S-300 anti-missile rocket system to Iran... after
Moscow canceled a corresponding contract in 2010 under pressure from the
West... "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/russia-iran-missiles_n_7053940.html
2007 BACKGROUND: S-300 MISSILES ADDED TO NUCLEAR SITE DEFENSES
"... (Iran) just signed a contract for the supply of
another Russian anti-air weapon, the highly sophisticated S-300, rated the most
effective killer of ballistic missiles on the market... Moscow has designed the
multi-layer air defense system to make Iran proof against Israel’s Air Force
and the ballistic missiles in its armory... the S-300 system uniquely
zaps high-flying, medium-range ballistic missiles of the type which is the
backbone of Israel’s surface missile units at a distance of 1-40 km. Together,
they lend Iran air superiority over any missiles and aircraft. Another of
S-300’s significant features is its advanced guidance method which relies on a
single phased array radar to trace missiles in the air. This reduces its
deployment time to five minutes; secondly, the missiles are sealed rounds and
require no maintenance over their lifetime..."
--DEBKAfile (Israel), December 26, 2007
