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HEIDELBERG, Germany a ' Soldiers from U.S. Army Europea TMs Patriot missile battalion could be deploying to Poland as soon as the spring for a six-month rotation as part of the Obama administrationa TMs new missile defense plan in Eastern Europe.

The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones arrived in San Diego Tuesday following a seven-month deployment to the Persian Gulf.

Iran can take legal action if Russia refuses to fulfill its commitments to deliver an advanced missile-defense system to the Islamic republic, a senior military official was quoted as saying today.

" Global Aerospace Logistics , Lockheed Martin and Raytheon said Nov.18 they have signed a joint collaborative agreement to provide logistics and sustainment services for the air and defense missile systems of the United Arab Emirates.

" French defense minister HervA© Morin said he planned to meet industry to discuss feasibility studies for research into missile defense technology.

Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said.

Israel is "the most threatened country in the world," and the rocket attacks its civilian population has suffered are "attacks not experienced by any other state since Britain in World War II," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.

Foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, have recently agreed to resume ties with Russia that were suspended in August as a result of Moscow's five-day war with Georgia.

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Iran will soon be able to build its own state-of-the-art missile defense system, if Russia does not deliver S-300 missile complexes to the country.

Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency integrate and demonstrate an early-intercept capability under a task order received September 29.

Most of the world looks at Iran and perceives a growing nuclear threat. Its Persian Gulf neighbors are also focusing on what they call a dangerous conventional weapons buildup.

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Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.

Iran will soon be able to produce an advanced missile defence system itself if Russia does not deliver it to the Islamic Republic, a senior lawmaker said in comments published on Sunday.

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Moscow officials Thursday downplayed Western pressures over the possible sale of the S-300 missile defense system to Iran.

The Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday the names of the next six ships that will join the Navy's ballistic missile defense fleet, all of which are stationed on the East Coast.

Iran's defense minister on Wednesday urged Russia to ignore Israeli pressure against selling the S-300 missile defense system to the Islamic Republic.