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Russia Selling Iran SA-20 Long-Range Air Defense Missiles, Reports Say

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Monday, December 15th, 2008

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SA-20s Wouldn't Threaten F-22 Raptors, But Perhaps Would Imperil F-35s, B-2s Russia is selling highly sophisticated SA-20 long-range air defense missiles to Iran, weapons that wouldn't endanger super-stealthy F-22 Raptor strike fighters, but which might imperil the less-stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (Lightning II) and B-2 bombers, according to a report in Aviation Week and other news media. The development comes as Israel is mulling whether to use its non-stealthy aircraft to strike and annihilate Iranian nuclear production sites, after…

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