Moscow : A Russian daily paper 'Vedomisti' reported on Wednesday that Russia has suspended the sale of the advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, in what could be a possible outcome of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Israel earlier this week.
An Israeli official said that, "Israel raised certain concerns with the Russians when they were here. And we hope they will be attentive to them."
S-300 missiles are one of the most advanced multi-target anti-aircraft missile systems in the world, the S-300 has a reported ability to track up to 100 targets simultaneously while engaging up to 12 at the same time.
Russia signed a similar deal to sell the S-300 to Iran in 2007 but cancelled it in 2010 due to United Nations arms embargo that had been imposed on the Islamic Republic.
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