Report Undermines Opposition to Missile System

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Kremlin is gearing up for a standoff with the United States over U.S. installation of an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe and has gone so far as to threaten a military strike of the sites. But now the prestigious USA and Canada Institute in Moscow has issued a report written by former Russian generals contradicting the official Russian position that their strategic ballistic missile capability would be threatened, according to a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

Lockheed, Raytheon bid for US missile contract

 

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Lockheed Martin Corp. and the team of Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. said separately on Monday that they submitted bids for work on a Pentagon air-to-ground missile program.

Iran Deploys Home-Made Missile System in All Air-Defense Units

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Senior Iranian military officials announced on Monday that the country’s latest home-made missile system, Sayyad 2, has been deployed in all air-defense units across the country.

Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli told FNA that the new air-defense system would boost the capabilities of Iran’s air-defense units to a large degree.