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Iran's defense minister will seek to convince Russia on Tuesday to deliver air defense systems which could help repel possible Israel and US air strikes, Russian media reported.
Iran has long been interested in buying Russian S-300 air defense systems from Russia but Israel has sought to convince Moscow not to deliver the systems.
Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar met Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in Moscow on Tuesday.
"I hope this visit will lead to the further development of relations between our two countries in all areas, including in the sphere of military cooperation," Najjar was quoted as saying by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow.
Reuters quoted Russia's Kommersant newspaper as saying that Najjar would seek to get Russia to deliver the systems during his visit, though the paper said Moscow was extremely wary of selling the systems to Tehran.
Russia has repeatedly denied it intends to sell Iran the S-300 systems.
Kommersant said an $800 million contract for five S-300 systems had already been signed between Iran and Russia, but the paper cited a source in the Russian weapons industry saying that Moscow had not yet made a decision on whether to deliver them.
An Iranian lawmaker said last year those deliveries had already begun and some Russian media have reported that Russia is fulfilling an S-300 contract with Iran.
Iran is emerging as an issue where the United States has signaled it could work more closely with Russia and thus ease the stormy relations with Moscow.
A senior US administration official told Reuters this month that if Russia agreed to help dissuade Iran from seeking nuclear program then Washington could slow development of a missile defense system in Europe.
The United States, its European allies and Israel accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear arms under the cover of a civilian atomic energy program. Iran denies the charge.
The new administration of Barack Obama has said the United States is prepared to talk to Iran, a step that has dampened speculation about pre-emptive strikes against Iran.
Russia says it has seen no evidence that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear bomb and has warned that pushing Tehran into a corner would be counterproductive.
Russia is building Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr, and says it will start up the reactor at the plant this year.
In October, Russia's Foreign Ministry denied media speculation that Moscow would sell the medium-range S-300 system, saying it had no intention of selling weapons to "troubled regions".
The truck-mounted S-300PMU1, known in the West as the SA-20, can shoot down cruise missiles and aircraft. It can fire at targets up to 150 km (90 miles) away and can travel at more than 2 km per second, according to the Russian media.
2(km/s)/c = 6.6x10^-6 --> 0.0006% de c, que esta un poco lejos de tu 0.66%
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"The Saeqeh fighter jets came into operation during the drills," Spokesman of the wargames Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Hossein Chitforoush told FNA.
"The Saeqeh, F4 and F5 fighters from different parts of the country are due to fly in reconnaissance missions to gain information about the geographical region of the drills," he added.
In September 2010, Iran displayed the first squadron of Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jets produced by its defense industries in an air show staged during the military parades at the beginning of the Week of Sacred Defense, marking Iranians' sacrifices during the 8 years of Iraqi imposed war on Iran in 1980s.
Different plane equipments, ammunitions and tactics will go under test in four phases during the exercises.
An array of fighter jets, fighter bombers, cargo and transportation planes, including F-4, F-5, Sukhoi SU-24 fighter-bombers, Mig-29 and the logistic C-130 planes, will be used in the exercises.
Iran has recently made good progress in the air industry and has succeeded in gaining the technical know-how for producing stealth aircraft and drones.
Iran successfully tested a home-made radar-evading UAV with bombing capabilities. Also in 2008, the country's Defense Industries launched production of two well-known home-made fighter jets, namely Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Lightening).
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