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December 2, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRiFZOAklLppFIe27RYEf8IVFChQ

Report: Russia Delivers Supersonic Cruise Missiles to Syria

(AFP) "Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles have been delivered to Syria" based on a contract Russia signed in 2007, a military source told the Interfax news agency. Another Russian official told Interfax that the missiles, which operate as part of the Bastion mobile coastal defense system, "will be able to protect Syria's entire coast against a possible attack from the sea." Each Bastion system is equipped with 36 cruise missiles as well as truck-mounted radar.

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