Russia offers Iran latest anti-aircraft missile system
PRESSTV (Iran) Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:37AM
http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/02/23/398817/Russia-offers-Iran-latest-missile-system

The head of Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec says Moscow has
offered Iran its latest Antey-2500 missile defense systems after a deal to
supply less powerful S-300 missiles was scrapped under Western pressure.

Tehran is now considering the offer, Russia’s TASS news agency quoted Sergei
Chemezov as saying on Monday.

“As far as Iran is concerned, we offered Antey-2500 instead of S-300. They
are thinking. No decision has been made yet,” Chemezov said.

There was no immediate response to Chemezov's comments from Iran.

Under a contract signed in 2007, Russia was obliged to provide Iran with at
least five S-300 defense systems.

However, Moscow refused to deliver the system to Iran under the pretext that
it is covered by the fourth round of the United Nations Security Council
sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.

Following Moscow’s failure to deliver the systems, Iran filed a complaint
against the Russian arms firm Rosoboronexport with the International Court
of Arbitration in Geneva.

The Antey-2500 was developed from the 1980s-generation S-300V system (SA-12A
Gladiator and SA-12B Giant). It can engage missiles travelling at 4,500
meters per second, with a range of 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles), according
to the company that makes it, Almaz-Antey.

The S-300 missiles have a 125-mile (200-kilometers) range.

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