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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Russia confirms plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles

P-800 YakhontRussian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday Russia has not dropped its plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles.

"The contract [on supplies] is in progress," Serdyukov told journalists in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East.

Russia earlier announced it would honor a 2007 contract on the delivery of several Bastion anti-ship missile systems armed with SS-N-26 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles to Syria, despite efforts by Israel and the United States to stop the deal.

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