Russia to deliver S-300PMU1 air defense missile system to Iran under the name of S-300BM TASS 11011151

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Russia to deliver S-300PMU1 air defense missile system to Iran under the name of S-300BM.
A new contract with Iran for the delivery of S-300 (NATO reporting name: SA-10 Grumble) air defense missile systems will be signed in early 2016, a representative of the Russian delegation at the Dubai Airshow 2015 said on Monday, November 9, 2015.
     
A new contract with Iran for the delivery of S-300 (NATO reporting name: SA-10 Grumble) air defense missile systems will be signed in early 2016, a representative of the Russian delegation at the Dubai Airshow 2015 said on Monday, November 9, 2015. Battery of Russian-made S-300PMU1 air defense missile system
     
"Talks with Iran on a specific design of the S-300 air defense missile system are in progress and will be completed no sooner than early next year," the representative of the Russian delegation said.

"Also at that time, a contract will be signed for the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems in a version that will be defined by the Iranian side," he added.

According to him, Russia’s arms producer Almaz Antey, which will be the head contractor, will be able to manufacture and deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran 18 months after the contract is signed.

There has been no official information about which S-300 air defense missile system Iran intends to receive: either the S-300PMU-1, which is no longer produced in Russia but can be manufactured specially for Iran, or the S-300BM.

The next big evolutionary step in the S-300 air defense missile system was the introduction of a new export variant the S-300PMU1/SA-10D, in 1993. The S-300PMU1 was developed between 1985 to 1989, and was first shown at the 1992 Moscow Air Show.

The S-300 PMU1 mobile multichannel air defence missile system can defeat modem and future aircrafts, strategic cruise missiles, tactical battlefield ballistic missiles and other targets with a reflection surface up to 0.02 sq. m. flying at speeds up to 2.800 m/s in massive enemy air raids and heavy clutter and severe ECM environments.

The S-300PMU1 air defense missile system can simultaneously engage up to 36 air targets by 72 missiles. The data exchange between grouping combat assets us carried out via telecoded communication lines in the radio or wire operating mode. The command and control assets and air defense missile systems can be separated to a distance of up to 35 km when using repeater stations and up to 100 km when using wire communications and radio-relay stations.
     
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