As per reports, India is all set to receive its first batch of the S-400 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile system from Russia in October-December this year.
On Thursday (June 10) Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev told the Interfax news agency that, “Everything is going according to schedule,”.
The S-400 is considered one of the most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system capable of destroying incoming hostile aircraft, missiles and even drones at ranges of up to 400 km.
Members of the Indian military are already in Russia to train and understand the S-400 in January 2021, the agency said.
In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems ignoring warnings and threats by the then Trump administration as this purchase may trigger US sanctions under Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
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