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Before Supplying Iran With S-300 Missile System, Russia Is Upgrading It

July 31 2015

Russia

The Russian government is modernizing the S-300 air defense system being supplied to Iran, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, citing an adviser to President Vladimir Putin.

The S-300 anti-aircraft missile system will be upgraded before being delivered to Iran, said Vladimir Kozhin on Thursday.

"It has partially been updated, separate elements are still being updated," said the adviser on military matters. "It will be [the] very S-300 complex that Iran wanted to...

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