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According to information published by “The Hindu” website on April 13, 2021, India could receive the first Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system by the end of 2021. During the edition 2021 of Aero India that was held in February 2021, the Russian state defense agency Rosoboronexport confirmed the delivery of S-400, NATO code-named SA-21 Growler to India.

In 2015, India announced its plan to purchase Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air defense missile systems. A contract worth $5.43 billion was signed during a visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India in October 2018. In January 2021, Indian soldiers were in Russia to train and operate the S-400 missile system.

According to the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) arms trade database, India has purchased 20 S-400 missile systems as well as 650 48N6 missiles from Russia. The 48N6 is a Russian-made vertical tube-launched, solid fuel, single-stage, long-range, Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) used to destroy aerial targets as aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), and ballistic missiles.

The S-400 is one the most popular air defense missiles which is in service with Russia, Algeria, China, Turkey, and now India. In November 2015, it was reported that Russian armed forces had deployed the S-400 missile systems in Syria…



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