TASS:
SOCHI, October 17. /TASS/. The first deliveries of S-400 missile systems to India will take place within two years, Dmitry Shugaev, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation, told reporters.
“First deliveries are expected within two years,” he said.
The contract for the delivery of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India was signed during Putin’s visit to India earlier this month. On the eve of that visit Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that under the contract India will receive five regimental sets of Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems. The sum of the deal exceeds five billion US dollars, he said.
Russia’s S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) is the latest long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service in 2007. It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles, and surface targets.
