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S-400: India Requests Expeditious Delivery

  • 15 Jul 2024

India has requested Russia to speed up the delivery of the S-400 air defense missile system. The fourth and fifth squadrons are now expected by March and October 2026. The 2019 contract between the two nations includes five squadrons of the S-400.

Key Points

  • Three squadrons have already been delivered, operationalized, and strategically deployed along both the China and Pakistan fronts.
  • The S-400 system is viewed as a game-changer by the Indian Air Force (IAF), complementing its recently acquired indigenous MR-SAM and Akash missile systems, as well as the Israeli Spyder quick reaction surface-to-air missile systems.
  • The IAF has initiated Project ‘Kusha’, an indigenous system developed by DRDO, aimed at countering enemy platforms at long ranges.