Russia also reportedly has sold six S-300 air defense systems to Syria under a 2010 contract.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered air defense systems around Washington armed with anti-aircraft missiles Tuesday.
Russia sells Iran advanced offensive weaponry, advanced air defense systems, and helps them build nuclear reactors.
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Now, of course, Patriot missiles are a key component of the U.S. air defense.
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Both snag radio communication, phone calls and emissions from air defense weapons and pinpoint their origins.
The Soviets have increasingly exploited the technological gray-areas between air defense and anti-ballistic missile defense.
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Improving Japan's maritime and air defense capabilities has been an urgent allied priority for many years.
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We will expand intelligence sharing and deploy Patriot air defense systems to reassure our friends and allies.
In the case of the air, that would mean an air force primarily devoted to air defense.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered Tuesday the air defense systems deployed around Washington armed with surface-to-air missiles.
Where I am, at the moment, is with the echo battery of the 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade.
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That's only one small part of the Air Defense Artillery's planning, which has really been going on for weeks.
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The number of squadrons allocated to air defense were cut by over half.
But since then it has appreciably evolved far beyond its original air defense capabilities to now include a proven anti-missile capability.
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They reported that all sides have switched off their radars and air defense systems in accordance with the Dayton peace agreement.
It is time for members of Congress to be great leaders, and end the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program.
In November 2005, Russia agreed to sell Iran 29 Tor-M1 air defense systems capable of destroying both aircraft and cruise missiles.
The latter considerations argue for an aggressive near-term effort to adapt the Navy's AEGIS fleet air defense ships for this purpose.
It provided FARC with military support, supplies of Russian- and Chinese-made automatic weapons, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, and man-portable air defense systems.
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Defense planners had failed to consider the implications of the proliferation of advanced surface-to-air defense systems and modern (late 20th-century) fighter aircraft.
All of them are contracts for what are solely air defense systems.
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Even in the relatively modest air defense environment of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the United States and its allies deployed approximately 10 tactical fighter wings.
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It quoted unnamed Syrian security officials as saying that three sites including military barracks, arms depots and air defense center were targeted by the strike.
It has agreed to sell Tehran's radical fundamentalists a muscular array of advanced conventional weapons, including submarines, fighter aircraft, antiship missiles and air defense systems.
Immediately establish that the Navy's 60-odd ships equipped with the Aegis fleet air defense system will, henceforth, be part of the Nation's missile defense infrastructure.
This will require immediately expanding the number of Navy ships with the Aegis fleet air defense system that are equipped to intercept ship-launched ballistic missiles.
Raytheon is marketing its Patriot air defense system throughout the region.
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Its air defense force constitutes a massive threat to the IAF.
Of these, clearly the most cost-effective and if properly executed nearest-term would be a sea-based program using the Navys existing Aegis fleet air defense assets.
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