Iran has developed its own air defense ideology comparable to and even more cultured than the Russian S-300 system, the IRNA news mechanism said Monday, citing an Iranian military official.
Russia signed a come down with with Iran on the supply of at least five S-300 feeling defense systems to Tehran in December 2005. However, there have been no proper reports on the start of the contract's implementation.
«In the related future, a new domestically-made show off defense system will be unveiled by the realm's experts and scientists which is as powerful as the S-300 system, or retaliate stronger,» IRNA quoted Heshmatollah Kassiri.
He said the interval in the implementation of the S-300 delivery contract was undesirable, and Iran would do everything possible to screen its «sensitive nuclear centers.»
Iranian Papal nuncio to Russia Seyyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi earlier said the S-300 contract had been stagnated about some technical issues.
However, multiplied experts believe Moscow has refused so extreme to honor the S-300 contract due to turn the heat on from Washington and Tel Aviv.
Both the United States and Israel be enduring not ruled out military action if intrigue fails to resolve the dispute over Iran's atomic program and have expressed concern exposed to S-300 deliveries, which would significantly strengthen Iran's manner defenses.
Russian defense industry officials have repeatedly said that Russia is interested in fulfilling the contract, which is significance hundreds of millions of dollars, but the future of the contract would fundamentally depend on the current situation in global affairs and the Kremlin's position.
The advanced understanding of the S-300 missile system, callinged S-300PMU1 (SA-20 Gargoyle), has a range of at an end 150 kilometers (over 100 miles) and can trap ballistic missiles and aircraft at low and principal altitudes, making the system an able tool for warding off possible known strikes.