Search This Blog

Monday, August 29, 2011

Iran says army has not relied on S-300 missiles

S-300 PMUAn Iranian senior army official said Sunday the country's integrated air defense network has not relied on Russian S-300 missile system.

Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili referred to reports that Iran's has filed suit against Russia following the country's refusal to deliver S-300 missile system and said, "both sides should abide by the agreement. Iran's commitment to articles of the agreement is apparent."

Speaking in a press conference, he then referred to Iran's defense breakthrough despite sanctions imposed against the country and said, "we have managed to get access to domestic know-how for long-range radar systems despite massive sanctions.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.