Russia on Thursday (June 26, 2025) assured that it would deliver India to India by 2026-27 to deliver the remaining two squadrons of the S-400 air defense system. This air defense system gave a shock to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. The Russia-Ukraine war delayed delivery of the fourth and fifth squadron of the S-400 air defense system. Recently, during a meeting of SCO Defense Ministers in Qingdao, China, Rajnath Singh and Andree Belusave discussed this in a bilateral meeting.
Russia delivered 3 out of 5
In this regard, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on the social media platform X, “There was a meaningful discussion on further strengthening the India-Russia defense cooperation.” In 2018, there was a deal of Rs 40 thousand crore between India and Russia, under which India had to get 5 squadrons of S-400 by the end of 2023, but so far India has got only 3 squadrons. The Times of India quoted sources as saying that the fourth squadron would be achieved in next year and fifth squadron in 2027.
What is the specialty of S-400?
Each squadron of the S-400 has two missile batteries, each of which has 128 missiles. These missiles 120, 200, 250 and 380 km. Are capable of killing. Along with this, it also has a long distance radar system and all season -working transport vehicles. The Indian Air Force has deployed the first three S-400 squadron in northwest and eastern India to compete with China and Pakistan.
