Russia starts supplying S-400 Air Defense Systems to India

SANAA, Nov. 14 (YPA) – Russia has started delivering surface-to-air missile systems (Triumph S-400) to India on Sunday.

Shugaev Dmitriy, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told the media ahead of the Dubai Air Show that deliveries were proceeding as planned.

“The supplies of the S-400 air defense system to India have started and are proceeding on schedule,” Shugaev said.

The S-400 has already entered service in China and Turkey. Russia and India signed a contract on the delivery of S-400s in October, 2018.

In August, the head of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Sputnik that negotiations on the supply of S-400 air defense systems were underway with seven countries in the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.

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