The above unexcerpted portion of the article says that they set up a front company in the US that became a subcontractor. Why would they setup in the US instead of Russia if they were copying a Soviet based AEGIS? Does a US contractor supply both?
And there was an article last week discussing how the system was bought from the Russians.
Since the latest BRAC round I notice a bombardment of these articles. I'm beginning to wonder if some of these analyst are paid by the US ship building lobby.