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New Delhi: Delivery of the Russian Triumf S-400 Air Defense System to India has begun, with an agreement of $ 5.2 billion inwaking by the Government of Narendra Modi. Some parts of the system have reached the country, printers have learned.
However, delivery brought them US threats that impose sanctions under American enemies against Actions Act (Caatsa), which were ratified in 2017 to take action on countries involved in trading with Moscow.
Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Russian Federal Services for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told the official state news agency Sputnik: “The inventory of the S-400 air defense system to India has begun and continues the schedule.”
His development came ahead of the visit proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to India in December.
The source in the defense establishment said the first S-400 system phase delivery, from five ordered by India, has begun, and hardware has reached India. They add that the full system must be in this country at the end of the year.
The contract for the sophisticated system was signed in 2018, many with US discomfort, and shipping will begin last year. But the timeline was extended because payment was delayed, as reported by the previous theprint.
Each S-400 system, known as a battery, consists of remote radar, target acquisition radar, post-command vehicle, and two launch battalions (each battalion has eight). Each launcher has four tubes.
Post orders, radar, and launchers are installed on multi-axle ural operators, multi-wheels that have the ability to move in uneven fields.
The S-400, which we have also has almost 600 km of tracking capabilities and is able to destroy airplanes that are incoming, missile and even drones within 400 km.
Even when the system intended for India is undergoing a trial, more than 100 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel are being trained at the S-400.
In March this year, visiting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has raised the Procurement Problems of the S-400 planned India, and emphasized that allies and partners must avoid “all types of acquisitions that will trigger sanctions”.
Austin then clarified that the question of Caatsa or sanctions against India was not on the table, because India had not received system labor, with officials who said the problem was focused only when shipping occurred.
The modi government, meanwhile, has been expressly explained to the US on several occasions that the country’s armed forces have a diverse portfolio, and the agreement with Russia for the S-400 system is ongoing before Caatsa appears.
In addition, India’s attitude is that Caatsa is US law, and not one by the United Nations.
But in January 2021, the US had imposed sanctions on Turkey for the purchase of S-400. This development took place only after Turkey took the delivery of the first system.
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of the State of the US, said the sanctions against Turkey showed that the US would fully implement Caatsa and would not mendolve significant transactions with the Russian defense sector.
“Even though we warn, Turkey moves forward with the purchase and testing of the S-400 system from Russia,” Pompeo said.
(Edited by Shreyas Sharma)
