Asia Times:
The People’s Liberation Army has taken delivery of the first batch of equipment for an advanced Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, probably bringing the entire island of Taiwan within range of Chinese forces for the first time.
Russia’s TASS news agency reported that a control station, radars, fuel and other auxiliary equipment for the missile system were en route to China. It said Chinese troops, believed to be from the PLA’s Rocket Force, had undergone training on the system in Russia last year.
Described as “one of the best air-defence systems currently made” by The Economist, the S-400 system can fire four missiles simultaneously at multiple aircraft and at different altitudes over a maximum range of 400 kilometers and withstand powerful electronic jamming defenses.
