On October 15, Russia and India signed a deal on the deliveries of S-400 Triumph air defense systems and other equipment to India.
Delivery of Russia’s most advanced anti-aircraft defense system, the S-400 Triumph, to India could begin in 2020 according to an agreement signed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS (Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions) summit in India.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the agreement on S-400 delivery was highly important as it showed Russia’s willingness to strengthen strategic partnerships with its main allies.
India is now the second foreign customer for the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system. In November 2014, China and Russia signed a $3 billion agreement for the supply of six battalions of S-400 anti-aircraft/anti-missile systems.
The S-400 Triumph SA-21 is a long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by Almaz-Antey. The S-400 Trumph is intended to engage ECM, radar-picket, director area, reconnaissance, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical and theatre ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles and other current and future air attack assets at a maximum range of 400 km and an altitude of up to 30 km.
The S-400 Triumph uses the 9M96E and 9M96E2 missiles. The S-400 Triumph can also use the 48N6E missile of the S-300PMU-1 system and 48N6E2 missiles of the S-300PMU-2 Favorit system. It has a maximum range of 400 km and can hit all air targets wit high accuracy. (Russian Aviation/Business World Magazine)