Russian deliveries of S-400 to India proceed
India has received a consignment of training equipment and simulators for its S-400 air defence system. (Rosoboronexport)
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine seems not yet to have affected the delivery of S-400 systems to India.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun receiving simulators and training equipment for its five S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems ordered in late 2018.
Military sources said the consignment arrived on schedule by sea and air in early April. It came ahead of the second S-400 regiment, deliveries of which are due to begin in early May, despite US-led sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine.
The IAF received its first S-400 system in late 2021, and has since deployed it at a base in India’s northern Punjab state close to the Pakistani border.
India, however, faces the possibility
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