S 400 News

There is a good news for India. This news will increase the tension between China and Pakistan. First of all, service and maintenance of S-400 will be started in India. In the second phase, spare parts will be made in India.

A top intelligence official at the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, has said that India intends to deploy the S-400 missile system by June 2022 to protect the country in view of threats from Pakistan and China.

Russia has claimed that it has developed a missile which can attack any country in the world. Russia has named this missile, capable of carrying out nuclear attacks as 'Sarmat'.

S-400 की पहली खेप भारत पहुंच गई है. वहीं इसकी दूसरी रेजिमेंट अगले साल जून 2022 तक आने की उम्मीद है. तब भारत अपनी S-400 ​की दोनों रेजिमेंट्स को लद्दाख और अरुणाचल प्रदेश की सुरक्षा के लिए तैनात कर सकता है.

India's deal to purchase S-400 air defence system may prompt Washington to impose sanctions on India. It was mentioned in the Congressional Research Service report. India had inked the deal in October 2018

Turkey's purchase of the S-400s has been a major factor souring relations with the United States, which says the system is not compatible with NATO defences and poses a threat to Lockheed Martin`s F-35 stealth fighter jets.

New Delhi had signed a USD 5.43 billion deal with Russia for the purchase of five S-400s during the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi on October 5, 2018, last year, which Washington had indicated may trigger Countering America`s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions.

The S-400 missile system is the fourth generation of long-range Russian Surface-to-Air-Missiles (SAMs) and it is capable of engaging targets independently as well as after receiving data from other radars.

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.

Apart from the Russian Air Force, the Sukhoi Su-35 is in service with China's  People's Liberation Army Air Force. Indonesia, too, has ordered 11 Su-35 jets. An earlier report in Russian media had claimed that Turkey was also eyeing the Sukhoi Su-57 and Chinese Shenyang J-31 5th Generation fighters in lieu of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

The Sukhoi Su-35 is a multi-purpose, super-manoeuvrable fighter. Russian defence experts claim the Su-35 outscores all the 4 and 4+ Generation fighters currently flying and even incorporates several 5th Generation characteristics. Turkey's pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak had in early June 2019 reported that the country may opt for either Su-57 or Shenyang J-31, both 5th Generation jets, if the USA decided against the F-35 deal.

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 US has maintained that the S-400 Triumf missiles and F-35 cannot be based in close proximity as the Russian system will be able to map the unique stealth characteristics of the 5th Generation stealth jet. "Turkey cannot field a Russian intelligence collection platform in proximity to where the F-35 program makes repairs and houses F-35s," the US Department of Defense said.

The Russian Defence Ministry tweeted a 1.56-minute-long video showing four heavy-duty vehicles moving towards the test site with a massive canister. The anti-ballistic missile was apparently inside the canister which was lowered into an underground silo and then the system was test-fired.    

While two ships carrying a regimental set of the S-400 systems was received by China in April, one ship was hit by a strong storm in January 2018. 

India is likely to reaffirm its concerns over growing Russia-Pakistan military ties when Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.