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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Iran tests local S-300 missile system successfully

Iranian S-300Iran has designed and tested successfully an air defense system that has the same capability as the Russian-made S-300 missile system, the local satellite Press TV reported on Thursday.

"We have developed the system by upgrading systems like S-200 and we have tested it successfully using all our potential and experience in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Army and the Defense Ministry," Brigadier General Mohammad Hassan Mansourian was quoted as saying.

This comes as Russia cancelled a deal concerning the sale of its S-300 system to Iran, Mansourian told Press TV on Wednesday.

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