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Iran seeks Russian arms technology Iran's military is seeking to purchase advanced Russian artillery fire control systems, according to the Russian AVN news service. The Iranians want to buy the Kapustnik-B automated artillery fire control system, said Nikolai Kokoshkin, director of the company that makes the systems. The Kapustnik-B system was shown to Iranian military officials in September. "The demonstration was attended by representatives of the army. And they expressed their interest towards the system," Kokoshkin said. The two nations have signed an agreement that will lead to a demonstration of the system in Iran. "The Iranian side expressed its wish to visit Kovrov to test the system at our firing-range," Kokoshkin said. The Kapustnik-B system boosts the capability of artillery systems and multiple-rocket launcher systems by some 20 to 30 percent and increases accuracy by 10 percent. The system also allows artillery to be deployed much more rapidly. It is made up of two vehicles: a command-post vehicle and an artillery battery commanding officer vehicle, based on the armored Ural truck, as well as optical reconnaissance and computer data processing means. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
