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The U.S. military secretly purchased a state-of-the art Russian aircraft and missile defense system through Croatia, according to Zagreb Vjesni newspaper.
There is always someone that will sell something, for a price.
The daily reported that the S-300 system was secretly transported to the United States this year, according to an arms dealer who sued over the loss of the $200 million system.
D'oh!
The Pentagon has a covert program to buy or acquire foreign weapons systems to learn their characteristics to develop countermeasures. The S-300 is used widely by the Russian military and also has been purchased and deployed by China near Taiwan. |