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Business Insider Australia
April 25, 2018
Russia said Wednesday it would send the S-300 advanced missile defence systems to Syria in an effort to bolster defences after repeated US missile strikes. ... a geopolitical consulting firm, told Business Insider, adding that the system has a “general capability against all kinds of targets, but cruise missilesÃÂ ...
INSIDER
April 25, 2018
According to Kommersant's report, Russia will not be selling Assad the S-300 system, but rather providing it at no cost as part of a military aid package in order to hasten the delivery. The Russian-made system, made up of radar arrays and missile launchers, offers long-range protection against both fighter jets and missiles.
Sputnik International
April 25, 2018
Each S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) can operate in various modes with up to 11 other missile systems, even if they are of different ... The S-300 launching system vertically "spits out" its missiles to a height of 50 meters and only then do the rocket engines start and propel it in the necessaryÃÂ ...
Haaretz
April 24, 2018
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia had not yet decided whether it would deliver advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria, but would not make a secret of the matter if it took such a decision, the TASS news agency reported. "We'll have to wait to see what specific decisions theÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 23, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has not yet made a decision on whether to deliver advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria. "We'll have to wait to see what specific decisions the Russian leadership and representatives of Syria will take," Lavrov said on April 23 during a visit to Beijing.
Haaretz
April 23, 2018
A week ago after the attack, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operations Directorate, said Russia was reconsidering supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria and other countries. "A few years ago, taking into account a pressing request from some of our WesternÃÂ ...
The Drive
April 21, 2018
After the U.S.-led missile strikes on Syrian regime chemical weapons sites, the Russian government responded with a number of vague and unspecified threats, including the suggestion it could reconsider selling S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria's dictator Bashar Al Assad. Now there is a reportÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
April 20, 2018
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 20, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has suggested that Moscow might supply high-precision S-300 air-defense missiles to its ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of Western air strikes. In an interview with state news agency RIA published on April 20, Lavrov said that Russia had refrainedÃÂ ...
CNBC
April 14, 2018
Moscow may consider supplying S-300 surface to-air missile systems to Syria and "other countries", Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi told a televised briefing on Saturday. Russia had "refused" supplying those missiles to Syria a few years ago, he added, "taking into account the pressing request of some ofÃÂ ...
The Interpreter
March 16, 2018
A good example is its relationship with Tehran, where in 2007 Russia signed a contract with Iran to deliver S-300 missiles but delayed the actual delivery for almost 10 years. The reason was that Moscow did not want to irritate Washington and other players. After 2014, with the Ukraine crisis and increasingÃÂ ...
Caspian News
March 15, 2018
The S-300 is an antiaircraft surface-to-air missile system capable of destroying radar surveillance and guidance aircraft, planes using stealth technology, reconnaissance and strike complexes, medium-range ballistic missiles, as well as tactical and cruise missiles. The system can detect 20 targetsÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
March 13, 2018
Russia's constant delay in completing the Bushehr nuclear power plant and delivering the S-300 missile defense to Tehran are among these issues. However, despite long delays, the Russians eventually did fulfill their commitments. Even during the nuclear talks, there were many reports and muchÃÂ ...
Newsweek
March 13, 2018
The S-400 system, with the NATO codename SA-21 Growler, is made up of four different missiles with varying ranges, and entered service in 2007. It can destroy aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, and can also be used against ground targets. The longest range missile, which travels at Mach 15ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
March 6, 2018
The An-26 is a Soviet-made twin-engine turboprop jet first developed in 1969 and is used by the Russian government for short-range flights. 03_06_Syria_airfield A Russian Kamov helicopter flies near a S-300 missile system at the Khmeimim air base in Latakia province, in northwest Syria, on SeptemberÃÂ ...
Economic Times
March 4, 2018
In 2016, India and Russia had signed an agreement on 'Triumf' interceptor-based missile system which can destroy incoming hostile aircraft, missiles and even drones at ranges of up to 400 km. S-400 is known as Russia's ... The S-400 is an upgraded version of the S-300 systems. The missile system isÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
March 2, 2018
Russia's troubled munitions industry did deals with weapons-hungry Iran, including the sale of S-300 surface-to-air missiles. But Russia was slow to deliver. The contract for Bushehr was struck in the mid-nineties, but the reactor didn't start running until 2013. The delivery of SAM missiles, negotiated in 2007ÃÂ ...
The Drive
February 26, 2018
To the west, the Russian's have deployed their own S-400 and S-300 batteries to their outposts in Syria. Yet the S-400 is ... But the reality is that it's uncertain if the U.S. would even allow Iraq to buy Patriot missile batteries, so the move toward Russia is likely also an effort to avoid that uncertainty altogether.
i-HLS
December 31, 1999
All signs show that the Russians are about to supply their S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria. This is raising the level of concern in Israel. The U.S.-led missile strikes on Syrian regime chemical weapon sites seem to open the way for the supply of the advanced missile systems to Syria. Some sourcesÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
December 31, 1999
Turkey points out that NATO allies did not pressure Greece to drop its S-300 purchase in previous year, though that deal came under during a much less antagonistic period in the West's ... Turkey has apparently made a deposit for the new missile system ahead of taking delivery of its first S-400 batteries.
TASS
January 23, 2018
In particular, the Greek Army is armed with the S-300 missile complexes. "Other countries have also expressed their ... It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range ones, and can also be used against ground objectives. The S-400 complex can engage targets at aÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
January 23, 2018
In comparison to its predecessor, the S-300, the S-400 air defense system features an improved radar system and updated software; it can purportedly can fire four new types of surface-to-air (SAM) missiles in addition to the S-300's 48N6E, a vertical tube launched, solid fuel, single stage SAM with anÃÂ ...
Business Insider
January 20, 2018
China has already deployed 15 divisions of the S-400's predecessor system, the S-300, along the coast of Fujian province, targeting northern Taiwan, according to Asia Times. The S-400 system, of which China reportedly plans to buy six batteries, likely brings the entire island of Taiwan within range ofÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 19, 2018
One use of the S-400 long-range missile is against stand-off systems including flying command posts and aircraft such as the E-3 Sentry AWACS. ... with the S-300 system are Greece, a NATO ally who got them from Cyprus when the Turks threatened Cyprus with war unless the country gave up its missiles.
Asia Times
January 19, 2018
However, its effectiveness in the Taiwan Straits will depend on which missile actually accompanies the battery. A new generation of 40N6Е missiles is being developed to replace the S-300 series, but it is unclear if any will be ready for the first Chinese batches — or whether Moscow is even willing toÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 16, 2018
The SR-71's JP-7 fuel—which also had to be carried onboard specialized KC-135Q tankers to refuel the Blackbird—was designed to be a safe, high-flashpoint fuel that would not vaporize or blow up under extreme heat and pressure. It had such low volatility that one could supposedly extinguish a match inÃÂ ...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 16, 2018
The concept is to use less-expensive electromagnetic weapons to destroy, intercept or jam approaching enemy missiles, drones, rockets, or aircraft. An electronic weapon is much less expensive than firing an interceptor missile, such as a ship-fired Rolling Airframe Missile or Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, which can costÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 13, 2018
While hypersonic cruise missiles exist, the new Chinese HGV deploys from a ballistic missile, then glides to a target on a flight path much different (and much less ... It is a proof that Soviet Naval strategy with missiles as main weapon and using aircraft carrying cruisers for additional defence to naval S-300ÃÂ ...
RT
January 13, 2018
“As of today, the whole air defense of Crimea is equipped with the most modern S-400 surface-to-air missile system unmatched in the world,” the Air Force and Air Defense Fourth Army commander Lieutenant General ... The detachment has been previously equipped with older, yet reliable, S-300 systems.
The Cipher Brief
January 12, 2018
The S-300 missile system helps Iran defend against foreign attacks on its nuclear facilities as it now has the capability to strike incoming aircrafts at a distance of 120 miles and ballistic missiles at a distance of 30 miles. In August Iran deployed one of these missile systems at its Fordow underground uraniumÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 11, 2018
Indeed, as Jerry Hendrix wrote for The National Interest, any air strike would have to hit their targets simultaneously while Aegis missile defense ships stood ready to shoot down any North Korean ballistic missiles headed toward South Korea and Japan. “In all likelihood, it would begin with lightningÃÂ ...
The Drive
January 10, 2018
Pyotr Velikiy and Marshal Ustinov both have S-300F Fort long-range surface-to-air missiles, naval versions of the land-based S-300, inside similar, but significantly larger ... Our own Tyler Rogoway has written in depth about this upgrade plan here and you can find his overview of Shipwreck missile here.
Financial Tribune
January 7, 2018
D omestically-developed missile defense system “Bavar-373” has successfully passed all initial tests, a military commander said. In an interview with Tasnim News Agency on Saturday, Deputy Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Abolfazl Sepehrirad said the Bavar-373 air defense missileÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 3, 2018
Moscow says that U.S. bombers and reconnaissance aircraft "reacted nervously" when tracked by Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries over Syria. U.S. pilots allegedly got the shakes when Russia's advanced S-300V4 air defense systems tracked them at ranges of 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 186 miles),ÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
January 2, 2018
In comparison to its predecessor, the S-300, the S-400 air defense system features an improved radar system and updated software; it can purportedly can fire four new types of surface-to-air (SAM) missiles in addition to the S-300's 48N6E, a vertical tube launched, solid fuel, single stage SAM with anÃÂ ...
B92
January 2, 2018
Asked to comment on speculation about an agreement with Belarus on the delivery of more MiG-29s, and of S-300 air defense missile systems, Vulin said that "such serious systems cannot be discussed in the media." "It would be truly frivolous if any of the state representatives were to speak about it.
Daily Sabah
January 2, 2018
Turkey finalized a deal to buy two Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and four batteries for $2.5 billion last week. ... the systems to Turkey under these conditions, especially while Syria, Armenia and Iran, the countries included in Russia's sphere of influence, are still using the S-300," Dr. Has said.
Yeni Şafak English
January 1, 2018
Despite its decision to withdraw from Syria, Russian S-400 missiles are set to remain in the air bases of Tartous and Hmeimim. Additionally, the S-300 missile platforms deployed in Damascus and used by the Assad regime will also remain in Syria. At least 40 percent of the Russian forces currently in SyriaÃÂ ...
TASS
December 22, 2017
The air defense regiment earlier operated S-300 missile systems, which had proven their worth as reliable air defense systems. ... Russian Aerospace Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief Viktor Gumyonny said in April that missiles capable of destroying targets in outer space had started arriving for theÃÂ ...
Scout
December 20, 2017
The Kremlin is reequipping air defense units currently armed with the S-300 [3] surface-to-air missile system with the potent new S-400 [4] in the Russian Far East. Though long scheduled, the new S-400 batteries are set to become operational in December 22 in the Primorsky territory just as tensions areÃÂ ...
TASS
December 5, 2017
Russia and Iran singed a contract on the delivery of S-300 air defense missiles systems to the Islamic Republic in 2007 but its implementation was ... The S-300 is an anti-aircraft missile system capable of destroying modern and advanced aircraft, including planes using stealth technology, as well asÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
December 31, 1999
“Russia's advanced radar, variety of capable missiles and systems that try to integrate large amounts of data for a more potent air defense will ... S-300's operator guide a missile until a missile found the target by missile's radar after it a missile to drop a march engine and fly with a supersonic engine.
International Business Times UK
December 31, 1999
Russia was engaged in a lot of training exercises and shows of strength last year. Its Northern Fleet has now released an explosive compilation video, showcasing its greatest hits. The video shows several large guns, surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles, torpedoes and shells being fired from variousÃÂ ...
Pravda
December 31, 1999
A Russian company that manufactures plastic products has unveiled a curious toy - a plastic replica of the renowned S-300 missile system. The toy is ... The model of the S-300 anti-aircraft complex assembled on the MAZ chassis can shoot plastic balls and comes complete with two launch mechanisms.
Al-Arabiya
December 31, 1999
Iran began looking for missile technology and decided to augment missiles into its armed forces and the Revolutionary Guard forces in mid 1980s during the ... Also after a decade of much controversy, Russians have started supplying Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, in spite ofÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US warplanes operating in eastern Syria were multiple times in crosshairs of a Russian S-300V4 air defense system, Armed Forces Air Defense Troops commander Alexander Leonov has said. "As part of its military operations, US Air Force strategic reconnaissance planes andÃÂ ...
Scroll.in
December 9, 2017
Military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran started in 2007 when Iran inked the $900-million contract for five Russian S-300 missile batteries. Delivery started three months before the landmark July 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear programme, with Russia shipping an upgraded version of the S-300.
Financial Tribune
December 7, 2017
Boroujerdi hailed the longstanding defense cooperation between the two governments, saying the Russian supply of S-300 missile systems showed there is potential for deepening Tehran-Moscow military partnership. "It was indeed a milestone in our cooperation," he said, referring to an 800-million-dollar ...
YaleGlobal Online
December 7, 2017
Military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran started in 2007 when Iran inked the $900 million contract for five Russian S-300 missile batteries. Delivery started three months before the landmark July 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program, with Russia shipping an upgraded version of S-300.
TASS
December 6, 2017
Russia and Iran singed a contract on the delivery of S-300 air defense missiles systems to the Islamic Republic in 2007 but its implementation was ... The S-300 is an anti-aircraft missile system capable of destroying modern and advanced aircraft, including planes using stealth technology, as well as ...
