Note: The No. delivered/produced and the Year(s) of deliveries columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the weapon system are listed separately. The Comments column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 02 January 2013
Supplier/ Year Year(s) No.
recipient (R) No. Weapon Weapon of order/ of delivered/
or licenser (L) ordered designation description licence deliveries produced Comments
Belarus R: Syria (300) Igla/SA-18 Grouse Portable SAM (2003) 2003 (300) $30-100 m deal; supplier uncertain
(33) MiG-23MS/Flogger-E Fighter aircraft (2008) 2008 (33) Ex-Belarusian; unclear if these are operational, for spares only or Syrian aircraft overhauled/modernized in Belarus
Iran
R: Syria (25) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile (2006) 2009-2011 (15) Noor version; for 6 Tir-2 FAC
6 Tir FAC (2006) 2006 6 Tir-2 version
(1) C-801/C-802 CDS Coast defence system (2010) 2011 (1)
(25) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile (2010) 2011 (25) For C-802 coast defence system
North Korea
L: Syria (25) Scud Mod-D SSM (1996) 2000-2004 (25)
Russia
R: Syria (1500) 9M119/AT-11 Sniper Anti-tank missile (1998) 2000-2005 (1500) For modernized T-72 tank
(500) 9M131/AT-13 Saxhorn Anti-tank missile (1998) 1999-2005 (500)
(200) Igla/SA-18 Grouse Portable SAM 2005 2006 (200) For use on vehicles/helicopters/ships (not with portable launchers after Israeli and US pressure)
(36) 96K9 Pantsyr-S1 Mobile AD system (2006) 2008-2011 (36) Part of $400-730 m deal; no. could be up to 50
(700) 9M311/SA-19 Grison SAM (2006) 2008-2011 (700) Part of $400 m deal; for Pantsyr AD systems
(8) 9K40 Buk/SA-17 SAM system 2007 2011 (2)
(160) 9M317/SA-17 Grizzly SAM 2007 2011 (40)
(2) K-300P Bastion-P Coast defence system 2007 2010-2011 2
(24) MiG-29SMT/Fulcrum FGA aircraft (2007) MiG-29M2 version
(2) MiG-31M/Foxhound-B Fighter aircraft (2007) Ex-Russian; modernized before delivery; possibly reconnaissance version (not incl 2 more for spares); status uncertain
(72) Yakhont/SS-N-26 Anti-ship missile 2007 2010-2011 (72) Bastion (SS-C-5) coastal defence version Igla/SA-18 Grouse Portable SAM 2008
(87) Kh-31A1/AS-17 Anti-ship missile (2009) 2009-2010 87 Incl Kh-31P anti-radar version Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Anti-ship missile (2009) For MiG-29 combat aircraft
(200) R-73/AA-11 Archer SRAAM (2010) For MiG-29 combat aircraft
(100) RVV-AE/AA-12 Adder BVRAAM (2010) For MiG-29 combat aircraft
(36) Yak-130 Trainer/combat ac 2011 $550 m deal