ISRAEL MOVES TO BLOCK S-300 MISSILES TO IRAN


	ISRAEL MOVES TO BLOCK S-300 MISSILES TO IRAN

lakotahope

7-2-2009 10:10 AM

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israel, air defense missiles, s-300, russian arms sales

lakotahope says:

Russians arms sales are slipping. It will be hard for them not to sell them to someone.

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Moscow has repeatedly claimed it has not delivered any of the five S-300 units it agreed to sell Iran under an $800 million contract it is said to have signed in early 2008. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_moves_to_block_missiles_to_Iran_999.html">S-300, considered one of the most effective all-altitude air-defense systems in the world</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_moves_to_block_missiles_to_Iran_999.html"><P>
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