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Russia to Deliver Four S-300 Missile Complexes to Belarus by Year's End

© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Korobeinikov / Go to the mediabankRussia plans to finalize the delivery of four S-300 Zenit missile systems that will be handed over to Belarus by the end of 2014, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Russia plans to finalize the delivery of four S-300 Zenit missile systems that will be handed over to Belarus by the end of 2014, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. - Sputnik International
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Russia plans to finalize the delivery of four S-300 Zenit missile systems that will be handed over to Belarus by the end of 2014, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

MINSK, October 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will deliver four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Belarus by the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday.

"If we speak about the summary for 2014, then this year we will finalize the delivery of four S-300 Zenit missile systems that will be handed over [to Belarus]. I think they'll enter into the Belarus military service in 2015," Shoigu said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk.

The contract for the supply of four S-300 systems to Belarus was signed in July.

S-300 is a family of air defense missile systems capable of engaging aerial targets from helicopters to cruise and ballistic missiles.

The systems are capable of simultaneously tracking up to 100 targets while engaging 12 at a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) and a height of up to 27 kilometers (nearly 17 miles).

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