S 400- The Great Deal for India.🚀 in a Nutshell

India to Induct Russian S-400 Missile systems from Oct 2020.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's PM Narendra Modi on Friday signed the $5 billion deal under which India will procure five S-400 Triumf missile shield system from Russia. The missile shield system is taken into account to be one of the best in the world. The system is predicted to be delivered to India by 2020.

China was the first the first foreign buyer to seal a Government-to-Government deal with Russia in 2014 to procure the lethal missile system.


HIGHLIGHTS:

• India will induct the first squadron of the advanced S-400 Triumph from Surface-to-Air missile systems from Oct 2020 onwards.
• "The S-400 systems will provide a very capable air defense coverage to vulnerable areas/points," said Junior Defence minister.
• With the S-400 systems, India plans to boost its Air defense coverage along the Unresolved borders with China and Pakistan.
• It can engage up to 36 targets at a Time and can simultaneously Launch 72 missiles.
• S-400 system is an upgraded form of S-300.
• The target detection range of this system is up to 600 kilometers and its tactical ballistic missile destruction range varies from 5 kilometers to 60 kilometers.

The S-400 contract is among the largest ever defense deals inked with Russia. The other big deals include the ones for 272 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters [over $12 billion] and INS Vikramaditya [ $2.33 billion  for the Aircraft carrier and another $2 billion for 45 MiG-29Ks to operate from its deck.]







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