As Russia promises to supply India the S-400 triumf surface-to-air missile [SAM] system on time, it has emerged that this advanced air defence system has managed to shoot down a Ukrainian fighter jet at a distance of 150 Km.
As per reports, Russia on February 25, downed Ukrainian fighter jets near Kyiv and sources have confirmed that one of the downed Ukrainian Su-27 fighters was shot down by an S-400 anti-aircraft missile fired by an air defence system.
Russia has claimed that this fighter was hit by a SAM system S-400, which was located in Belarus and according to BulgarianMilitary.com, Moscow deployed at least two S-400 batteries on the territory of Belarus as the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had also asked Russia to deploy at least two more batteries on the outskirts of Minsk.
If this is true, Russia managed to shoot down a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter with its S-400 SAM system in combat from a distance of 150 km, it would be the first time this weapons platform has been used in an actual war showcasing its true capabilities.
However, Russia has not given in any official statement that it has indeed used the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system that shot down the Ukrainian fighter jet.
It must also be noted that the S-400 that hit the Ukrainian fighter was just one-third of its range because the S-400 is designed to strike at aerial targets at a distance of 400 km and its radars can detect targets at a distance of 600 km.
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