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Russia To Sell Air Defense System To Iran
April 19, 2006 8:35 p.m. EST
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Contributor
Moscow, Russia (AHN) - Russia will implement a contract to supply Tor-M1 air defense systems to Iran, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Baluyevsky said on Wednesday.
Baluyevsky made the statement after his talks with James Johns, Supreme Commander of the United States and NATO forces in Europe.
Roughly 30 Tor-M1 complexes are planned to be supplied to Tehran which will defend the key state and military facilities, foremost nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Bushehr, Tehran and in the east of the country.
The contract, worth 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, is the biggest arms deal Iran and Russia has ever concluded.
Tor-M1 is an all-weather air defense system intended which ensures effective protection from cruise missiles, guided bombs, warplanes, helicopters, and pilotless and remotely controlled attack aircraft.