S-300 missile system (RIA Novosti/Mikhail Fomichev)
Russia Halts Plans To Supply S-300 Missile System To Syria - Reports -- RIA Novosti
Russia’s main weapons producer has allegedly suspended its contract with Syria to supply S-300 long-range missile systems. Russia’s ‘Vedomosti’ daily published the report, citing unnamed sources within the military-industrial complex.
The very fact of the contract’s existence was not known until it was revealed in an annual report made only last week and published online by the makers of the S-300 systems, Almaz-Antey.
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