DEBKAfile Special Report December 29, 2012, 11:23 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Iranian Fateh A-110 surface missile
Moscow and Tehran have advanced from their strategic partnership for Bashar Assad's survival to military cooperation. DEBKAfile: An Iranian naval maneuver began in the Straits of Hormuz Friday, Dec. 28 - two days after Russia launched its largest naval war game ever in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. As Iranian-made Fateh A-110 missiles were fired this week by the Syrian army under Iranian officers, Moscow rapidly expanded the deployment of its highly-sophisticated S-400 interceptors near the Turkish border.
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