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Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Iran completes 30 percent of missile defence system-commander

S-300 PMU |Iran has built about 30 percent of a missile defence system it is developing in place of the Russian S-300 system Moscow refused to sell it, and hopes to complete the system by next year, a senior military official said on Monday.

Farzad Esmaili, commander of the army's air defence force, also reiterated that Iran will hold a large-scale air defence exercise in the next two months covering the whole country, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

Iran, under mounting pressure from Israel and Western powers over its controversial nuclear programme, has unveiled upgrades to weapons systems and held several military exercises this year to demonstrate its ability to defend itself.

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