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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Israel Presses Russia to Halt Sale of Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Iran

Israel will dispatch top diplomatic official Major General Amos Gilad to Russia for meetings with high ranking military and diplomatic figures in an attempt to halt a rumored sale of its S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran.

The highly advanced system would make Israel’s long-threatened attack on Iran far more difficult.

Israel previously threatened to develop an “electronic warfare device” that would neutralize the S-300, the backbone of Russia’s air defense, in retaliation for any such sale.

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