DefenceTalkThe contract for S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems for China will have been carried out before 2020, Alexander Fomin, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, has told journalists. “Something like that,” Fomin said when asked if plans provided for the order to be fulfilled before 2020. A military-diplomatic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-deliver-s-400-air-defense-missile-systems-to-china-before-2020-68572/

DefenceTalkIn a game-changing arms acquisition, India is going to ink a Rs 39,000 crore ($5.8 billion—Ed.) deal for five new-generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, which can destroy incoming hostile aircraft, stealth fighters, missiles and drones at ranges of up to 400-km. India and Russia will also finalise the long-awaited agreement for the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-russia-to-sign-deal-for-s-400-air-defence-missile-systems-68390/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Armed Forces received 58 planes and 34 helicopters in the second quarter of 2016, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. During this period, Russian servicemen also received a brigade set of the Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system and a regiment set of the S-400 (SA-21 Growler) air defense missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-armed-forces-receive-58-planes-34-helicopters-in-2016-67852/

DefenceTalkIn an age when stealth is the game-changing capability everyone aspires to achieve, Russia’s top-of-the-line air defense systems, the S-400 and the S-500, will receive an upgrade that will allow them to hide from enemy satellites, spy planes and radars, Izvestiya newspaper reported, citing an anonymous source in the Russian Defense Ministry. The S-400 Triumf […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-s-400-s-500-set-to-become-invisible-to-enemies-67690/

DefenceTalkRussia is working on setting up a joint air defence system with all of its ex-Soviet military allies, a senior official said Wednesday. “The merger of regional air defence systems will pave the way for creating a common air defence (system) over the entire territory of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation,” Nikolai Bordyuzha, the head […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-set-up-joint-air-defence-system-with-ex-soviet-allies-67623/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: A new missile with a longer range specifically developed for Russia’s S-400 air defense system will push the range at which the system can engage targets to its limit, a Russian military industry source said Sunday. “Missile tests are about to be complete. This missile will allow to use the [S-400] system to its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-missile-to-boost-s-400-air-defense-system-capability-66238/

DefenceTalkNEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow, the government Thursday cleared an approximately Rs 30,000-crore (approx. $4.8 billion—Ed.) plan to purchase five units of the Russian S-400 Triumph air defence missile system. The acquisition will pave the way towards plugging the gaps in the existing air defence (AD) capability of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-approves-acquisition-of-russian-s-400-missile-system-66139/

DefenceTalkTwo cutting-edge S-400 missile systems have been deployed to Russia’s Arctic region north of the polar circle over the past year, a military source has revealed. The news comes as Russia reasserts its military presence in the Arctic. The surface-to-air missile systems have been deployed to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and to the Yakutian port […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-deploys-s-400-missile-defense-systems-in-arctic-66009/

DefenceTalkRussia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency says that the advanced S-400 antiaircraft system has been deployed at a Russian military base in Syria. Russia announced it would deploy the advanced surface-to-air missile system after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the Turkey-Syria border on November 24. The system has reportedly been deployed in Syria’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-says-s-400-already-deployed-in-syria-65919/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: First supplies of S-400 Triumph long-range anti-aircraft missile systems to China are planned no earlier than in a year or a year-and-a-half, a source from the Russian system of military-technical cooperation told Tass on Thursday. “Supplies are planned no earlier than in a year, or more likely, in a year-and-a-half,” the source said. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-to-receive-first-s-400-systems-in-2016-65827/