© Vitaliy Nevar/TASS
January 18, 9:34UTC+3
Moscow has begun the delivery of the S-400
Triumf air defense missile systems to China under the 2014 contract
MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. Moscow has begun the delivery of the S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems to China under the 2014 contract, a source close to the Russian system of military cooperation told TASS on Thursday.
"The implementation of the contract has begun, the
first shipment has been sent to China," the source said.
According to the source, the shipment includes a control
station, a radar station, energy and support equipment, spare parts, various
tools and other elements of the S-400 system.
The source also said that the contact with China
stipulated neither technology transfer nor licensed production.
In 2017, Russia trained a group of Chinese military
servicemen to use the S-400 systems.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Federal Service for
Military-Technical Cooperation has declined to provide any comments.
Contract with China
In November 2014, it was announced that Russia and China
had signed a contract on S-400 supplies, and in November 2015, Russian
Presidential Aide on Military Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin confirmed the
contract. In June 2016, head of Russia’s Rostec State Corporation Sergei
Chemezov said that the Chinese Army would receive the S-400 systems no sooner
than 2018. On December 7, 2017, Chemezov said that the delivery would begin in
the near future.
China is the first foreign purchaser of these air defense
systems, while the second one is Turkey. In July 2017, Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan stated that "certain documents" concerning the
purchase of the S-400 systems had been signed. On September 12, 2017, Russia
confirmed that a contract had been made. Turkey is the first NATO member state
to purchase the S-400 Triumf systems.
S-400 system
The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) is
the most advanced long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service
in 2007. It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles,
including medium-range ones, and can also be used against ground objectives.
The S-400 complex can engage targets at a distance of 400 km and at an altitude
of up to 30 km.
At present, only Russia’s Armed Forces are equipped with
the S-400 systems. There are plans to supply them to four countries - China,
Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia.
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