Iran tests "S-300" copy.

[Guest JamesG123]

I am like, "Meh...". What say you?

 

 

Linky: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101118/wl_nm/us_iran_military_missile

 

Gists:

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has successfully tested its own version of a missile system that Russia declined to supply amid concerns Tehran might be seeking nuclear weapons, a military official was quoted as saying on Thursday.

 

Russia infuriated Iran in September when it canceled the S-300 missile order after heavy lobbying from the United States and Israel, which said the system could be used to help Iran shield its nuclear facilities from possible future air strikes.

 

State-run Press TV quoted a commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards as saying Tehran had adapted another Russian-made missile system to perform like the more sophisticated S-300.

 

"We have developed the system by upgrading systems like the S-200 and we have tested it successfully," Brigadier General Mohammad Hassan Mansourian said, according to Press TV's website.

 

Some Western analysts doubt Iran's ability to replicate the S-300, a precision, mobile, long-range air defense system that can detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and low-flying aircraft.

 

However, some Western officials suspect Iran's development of more sophisticated missiles could serve the goal of attaining a deliverable nuclear weapon.

[mnm]

Not again!

[Guest JamesG123]

I thought of that as well. Knew someone else would deliver the punch line.

[Manic Moran]

I thought of that as well. Knew someone else would deliver the punch line.

 

Looks more like a HAWK than an S-300 to me.

 

NTM

[rmgill]

Looks like it is an S-200 derivative based on size and booster configuration.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJV7yzKV82I

 

S-200/ NATO SA-5 Gammon

[Xavier]

It does say developing an equivalent based on existing systems like S-200, not an actual copy.

[Gunguy]

The radar equipment looked pretty old, but I'm sure if you are in the kill zone for the missile it would most likely work well. In fact, I bet it works better than the S-300 they did not get!