The Diplomat – Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) servicemen are currently inspecting the second regimental set of Russian-made S-400 Triumf long-range interceptor-based air defense systems (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) at a military base in southern Russia.
A Russian defense source told TASS news agency on May 22 that the second S-400 regiment will be dispatched to China at the end of July. “At the Kapustin Yar practice range, the Chinese military specialists started a technical inspection of the second S-400 regiment set that will be dispatched to China in late July,” the source said. “Test firing from S-400 system is not envisaged at the practice range.”
