Russian Grumble reaches US Army

THE US ARMY has acquired a Russian S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) air-defence system for evaluation. The S-300, Russia's equivalent of the US Raytheon Patriot surface-to-air missile system, is believed to have been purchased from Belarus in a $50 million deal brokered by US defence firm BDM International, despite Russian objections.

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