All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. The move comes despite the decision by U.S. President Bill Clinton to postpone the deployment of a national defense system. Russia and China have called for the cancellation of the project. The deal is close to being finalized, the London-based Jane's Defence Weekly said.
China plans to assemble and eventually manufacture the missile.
Only 200 samples of the active radar guided AA-12 missile have been built to date and about half this number have already been used during development and evaluation trials, Jane's said. Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.