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Russia Drops Plans for Iran Missile Deal

   VOA News 22 September 2010
   An  S-300  air  defense  missiles launcher, left, and a S-300 missiles
   guidance station, right, are seen somewhere at undisclosed location in
   Russia (2001 file photo)

Photo: AP

   An  S-300  air  defense  missiles launcher, left, and a S-300 missiles
   guidance station, right, are seen somewhere at undisclosed location in
   Russia (2001 file photo)

   Russia  has  dropped  plans  to  supply  Iran  with  S-300 air defense
   missiles.
   The  chief of Russia's armed forces, General Nikolai Makarov, said the
   delivery of the missiles would violate U.N. sanctions.
   The  S-300 is a mobile, long-range air defense system that can detect,
   track  and  destroy ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and low-flying
   aircraft.
   Western  nations  have opposed the sale, saying it would give Iran the
   means to withstand air strikes against its nuclear sites.
   The  U.N.  imposed  a  fourth  set  of  sanctions  on Iran in June for
   refusing to stop enriching uranium.

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   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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