It's official: Russia's not supplying Iran with the S-300

This story was a much bigger topic of conversation on this blog in 2007 and 2008, but now it's official. The Russians have returned to Iran their deposit for the S-300 missile defense system that Iran had planned to use to protect their nuclear facilities. Iran is not going to get the S-300. As difficult as Russia has been regarding sanctions against Iran, they're not willing to make Iran's