RUSSIA DEVELOPS NEW S-300 MISSILE [Iran, Syria express interest]

IMRA ^ | April 28, 2004 | MENL

[yonif]

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has developed an anti-missile interceptor for marketing to Middle East clients.

Officials said Russia's defense industry has sought to develop a new interceptor for an advanced S-300 anti-aircraft system. The interceptor would allow the S-300 to provide missile as well as air defense.

The development program is meant to market the new system to users of the S-300. Greece has procured the S-300 while Iran and Syria have expressed interest in purchasing the long-range anti-aircraft system.

Air Marshal Vladimir Mikhailov, commander of the Russian Air Force, said Moscow has been developing a new missile to add missile defense capabilities for the S-300. He said Russian engineers are developing what he termed an extended-range interceptor in the S-300 marketed to militaries in the Middle East and Asia.

[johnfrink]

Note to Syria, Iran: Might want to review recent performance highlights of Russian missile defenses in Iraq before finalizing purchase.

[backhoe]

yoni, I don't even know if I can find my stuff on it, but that S-300 series has limited ABM capabilities, is towed by a truck, and is a pretty nasty customer...

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[AfghanIraqVeteran]

You mean the sony walkmans they sold Iraq as GPS scramblers? HA!

[Warren]

When I clicked on
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the following appeared
No such file (give_legacy_article)

[backhoe]

That's weird- it worked in preview... try this one... well, nuts, that didn't work, either.

Try a websearch for s-300 or grumble missile...

Or try this:

S-300PMU SA-10 GRUMBLE - Russia / Soviet Nuclear Forces
... In the mid-1980s design work on the mobile S-300PMU SA-10B GRUMBLE Mod 1 was ... and type
uncertain In the early 1990s China imported 100-120 S-300 missile systems ...

[backhoe]

-more-

Missile News: The 1997 Moscow Air Show
... air defence / anti-ballistic and anti-cruise missile system in the NATO code number
SA-10 (also known as the "Grumble") series called the S-300 PMU2 "Favorit ...
www.cdiss.org/mos_as1.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

S-300PMU-1 (SA-10a/b Grumble)
The S-300PMU-1 (SA-10 Grumble) is an all-weather, missile system which is ... A S-300
regiment probably comprises three such batteries and deploys a 4-metre high F ...
www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/SA-10.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

[SevenofNine]

OH OH MR KGB agent not good idea sell to Rogue nation like SYria and IRAN

NOT GOOD IDEA

[onedoug]

New missles for Islamists, eh?

"From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."

Lest we forget.

[Decombobulator]

The S-300 is so expensive, only China, India, and Greece have been able to afford them. I doubt there is any chance of a country like Syria getting it.

[klpt]

[samadams2000]

Lem em have one I say. If they use it. They lose their country. We dump garbage there for 500 years. Thats the deal straight up.

[Rooivalk]

Lem em have one I say. If they use it. They lose their country. We dump garbage there for 500 years. Thats the deal straight up.

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And that says it all...

[COEXERJ145]

Looks like HARM bait to me.

[yuriy]

If it would be true, so why americans were so bloody scared when Russia wanted to supply Yugoslavia with S-300 complexes during the war? My advice to you: before to write such a bullshit - think. Cheers.