MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...
2015," said Col. Gen. Viktor Yesin (Ret.), who was chief of staff of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces in 1991-1993.Yesin said the non-strategic missile defense program could not guarantee security from ballistic missiles traveling at 7 km/s (4 mi/sec). He said the short- and medium-range missiles that Iran now possesses have a speed of no more than 4.5 km/sec and could be effectively destroyed by a non-strategic missile system.
According to Yesin, should a long-range ballistic missile threaten Russia, it could use its Gabala missile defense program it has developed with Azerbaijan, or the Armavir radar station in Russia"s south, which will be completed by October-November. Russia may also use its S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
The United States has stationary strategic missile defense systems deployed at two sites, in Alaska and California, while Russia has one based near Moscow.
In November 2008, Iran reported a second successful
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