CAATSA News

NDAA is the annual budget of the US It includes a section on enhancing the major defense partnership with India It calls for identifying opportunities for the private sector to work with MoD in India Earlier, the US imposed CAATSA sanctions on India for its purchase of S400 from Russia

The US diplomat said that the Biden administration is yet to decide on applying sanctions on India under CAATSA The senior American diplomat said it is going to be very hard for any country to buy major weapon systems from Russia Sweeping sanctions have now been placed on Russian banks

S-400 Triumf is currently the most advanced long-range Surface-to-Air-Missile system in the world which can track targets 600 kilometres away and hit them at a range of 400 kms at an altitude of even 30 kms. The S-400 can engage targets independently as well as connect with other radars to receive data from them.

The S-400 Triumf missile system is the fourth generation of long-range Russian Surface-to-Air-Missiles (SAMs) and capable of tracking targets 600 kilometres aways and targeting them at a range of 400 kms. The S-400 can engage targets independently as well as after receiving data from other radars.

The implementation of the contract, signed during President Vladimir Putin's visit from October 4-5, would start in 2020 and would last for five years.

Amid fears of US sanctions over the S-400 deal with Russia, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday asserted that India follows an independent policy and was also keen on getting the Kamov helicopters and other weapon systems from Moscow. 

The United States reacted to India signing a deal with Russia for a purchase of S-400 missile defence systems.

 The US has not taken any decision so far on imposing punitive sanctions against India over its plan to acquire USD 5 billion missile defence system from Russia as Washington and New Delhi continue to have conversations, a top official has said.

The Senate passed the conference report on the National Defense Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 87 to 10.

CAATSA waiver though general in nature is intended at preventing US sanctions on India, which is planning to buy five S-400 Triumf air defence systems for around USD 4.5 billion from Russia. 

Provisions of a recent US law to impose sanctions on Russia have also put India squarely on the path to US sanctions.