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Monday, April 13, 2015
Russia ready to ship S-300s ‘promptly,’ general says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMoscow is ready to swiftly supply Iran with advanced S-300 air-defense missiles, a senior official in the Russian Defense Ministry says.
General Yury Yakubov says the ministry is only waiting for the okay from the political leadership to ship the system, which has been blocked from being transferred to Iran for years.
“If a political decision is made to supply to Iran the S-300 missiles possessed by the Russian Armed Forces, I believe that the Defense Ministry will promptly fulfill the president’s order,” says Yakubov, coordinator of the general inspectors’ department of the Defense Ministry, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.
Israel and the US have lobbied against letting Iran gain control of the missile system, which is considered among the most advanced on the planet.
The Times of Israel Community.