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Written by admin on March 16th, 2009
BAGHDAD, March 16 (KUNA) -- The US military in Iraq said on Monday that its forces has shot down an Iranian pilot-less plane dubbed Ababil-3 which violated Iraqi airspace two weeks ago. The US military said in statement that the plane deliberately went into Iraqi territory on February 25th and continued ...
Written by admin on March 8th, 2009
Iran successfully armed its fighter jets with a new type of air-to-surface missiles. The missiles, which have a range of 110km, were successfully mounted onto the fighter jets and test-fired. Experts from the Iranian Armed Forces in charge of the project told FNA that the air-to-surface missile, weighing 500kg, can hit ...
Written by admin on March 8th, 2009
Tehran, March 8: Iranian media reported on Sunday that Iran had test-fired a new missile, but differed over its range and purpose. The state-run Press TV said a long-range missile had been tested. But the semi-official Fars News Agency said it was an air-to-surface missile with a range of 110 km ...
Written by admin on March 1st, 2009
IRAN is supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan with surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying a helicopter, according to American intelligence sources. They believe the Taliban wants to use the SA-14 Gremlins missiles to launch a “spectacular” attack against coalition forces in Helmand, where insurgents claim to be gaining the upper hand. Although British ...
Written by admin on February 21st, 2009
 MOSCOW: Russia has frozen the sale of the state-of-the-art S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar was reportedly informed of the decision by his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on his visit to Moscow Wednesday. Russia said the delivery of the systems ...