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India is now getting initial deliveries of the S-400 Triumf air defense weapons from Russia.

The first squadron of the formidable surface-to-air missile systems will become operational by January-February next year.

Dmitry Shugaev, director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told the country’s official news agency Sputnik: “The supplies of the S-400 air defense system to India have started and are proceeding on schedule.”



As per reports, the "thousands of containers and packages" of the first S-400 squadron, including two missile batteries, long-range acquisition and engagement radars and all-terrain transporter-erector vehicles, are now being sent to India through the air and sea routes.
According to sources, "After the deliveries of the first squadron are completed by next month, the massive S-400 systems will be assembled, erected and then undergo 'acceptance trials' in front of Russian experts"


In this video Defense Updates analyzes 3 major geo-strategic implications of India getting Russian S-400 air defense system.


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