RT: Saudi Arabia to buy Russian S-300s

Gregg Carlstrom | October 4, 2009 11:51 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

Russia Today reports (h/t Juan Cole) that Saudi Arabia is willing to pay a premium for Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile systems; in exchange, Russia would agree to U.S. demands that it scuttle its planned S-300 deal with Iran. We've been following this story with some curiousity since the summer. Here's the RT report:

(Is it just me, or is the anchor's lilting cadence really annoying? My old broadcast journalism professors would be horrified.)

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