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Russia defends missiles sale to Syria

Bratislava, Slovak - Russian Defence Minister underlined that the weapon systems sold to Damascus have not a real offensive nature

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, after the sign by President Vladimir Putin of the agreement aimed to check the surface-to-air missiles spread together with the United States (see for details AVIONEWS), does not think that such weapons can be considered as a real threat for Israel as they are anti-aircraft very short range missile systems. The ruling concerning the provision of Igla guided rockets...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 115143
Rome, Italy, 02/25/2005 16:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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