S-400 INDIA ;-DEFENCE MISSLE SYSTEM PROCURED BY INDIA FROM RUSSIA

S-400 INDIA DEFENSE  MISSILE SYSTEM-"INDIA CAN'T COMPROMISE WITH THEIR INTERNAL SECURITY AT ANY COST" SAID BY DEFENSE  MINISTER OF INDIA 

S-400 INDIA:-DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM IS NOW SOON INTEGRATED TO  INDIAN DEFENSE SQUAD.

INDIA'S  DEFENSE MINISTER REITERATED NEW DELHI DETERMINATION TO GO AHEAD WITH PROCURING THE RUSSIAN MADE MISSILE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.

 S-400 INDIA DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM INTENDED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE INDIAN MILITARY NOT WITH STANDING SANCTIONS,INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER NIRMALA SITARAMAN SAID AT RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE.INDIA'S AGAIN PROVED THAT INDIA IS A SELF DECISION MAKING NATION. NOBODY CAN'T INTERRUPT WITH OUR DECISIONS .THIS DECISIONS CAN'T STOP INDIA TO BE A SUPER POWER IN THE UPCOMING WORLD.

SPEAKING ON THE PRESS MEET ON JUN 5, NIRMALA SITARAMAN EMPHASIZED THE CLOSE DEFENSE TIES BETWEEN INDIA AND RUSSIA. INDIA IS THE BIGGEST CUSTOMER OF THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SAID THAT THE GO WITH THE RUSSIA'S MISSILE SYSTEM.

"IN ALL OUR ENGAGEMENTS  WITH U.S ,WE HAVE CLEARLY EXPLAINED HOW INDIA  AND RUSSIA DEFENSE COOPERATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE A ALONG TIME  AND THAT IT IS THE TIME -TESTED RELATIONSHIP,"SITARAHMAN SAID.AROUND 70 PERCENT OF THE INDIA'S DEFENSE EQUIPMENT ARE SUPPLIED BY THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE SUPPLIERS. 

THE UNITED STATES PASSED THE COUNTERING AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT (CAATSA) AGAINST RUSSIA IN AUGUST 2017 FOR REPORTEDELYINFLUENCING AND MANIPULATING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCESS .CORE PROVISIONS OF CAASTA ,INCLUDING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN BUSINESS ENTITIES A SENIOR RUSSIAN POLITICAL AND BUSINESS FIGURES ,CAME INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY 2018.

THE INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF SANCTION UNDER CAATSA ,WHICH COULD KICK IN ON  ANY INDO-RUSSIAN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT DEAL ABOVE $15 MILLION,AT THE UPCOMING 2+2 DEFENSE BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN INDIA AND U.S. DEFENSE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH IS WASHINGTON DC.

THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES ON INDIA'S IS SEEN AS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.NONETHELESS,INDIA'S DECISION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE S-400 ACQUISITION COULD IMPACT FUTURE U.S.-INDIA DEFENSE DEALS,INCLUDING THE PROCUREMENT OF THE ARMED U.S.-PREDATOR DRONES OR ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION BELT ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN COMPANIES SUCH AS BOEING AND LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR THEIR FIGHTERS SUCH F-A/18 SUPER HORNET AND AND F-16 FALCON OR F-35 LIGHTENING -II  RESPECTIVELY.

INDIA  AND RUSSIA IS NOW JUST ONE STEP AHEAD ON FINAL AGREEMENT .LAST MONTH PRICE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALSO DONE AND INDIA IS ALL SET FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE S-400 DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF SAFEGUARDING OUR COUNTRY FROM THE INCOMING ENEMY MISSILES AND THE AIRCRAFT'S FROM OUR ENEMY COUNTRIES.

THE FINAL CONTRACT WILL  BE SIGNED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR DURING VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TO THE RUSSIA FOR SUMMIT IN  MOSCOW.THIS DEAL IS GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT DEAL.

THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE IS ESTIMATED AROUND $5.5 BILLION FOR FIVE REGIMENTS OF S-400 DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM." THE AGREEMENT CONSISTS OF FOUR TRANSPORT ERECTOR LAUNCHERS (TEL'S),FOUR LAUNCH TUBES PER TEL,IN ADDITION TO TARGET ACQUISITION AND ENGAGEMENTS(FIRE CONTROL)RADAR SYSTEMS AND COMMAND POST."TWO BATTERIES WILL MAKE S-400 BATTALION(ALSO KNOWN AS A S-400 DIVISIONS),WHEREAS A S-400 REGIMENT CONSISTS OF TWO BATTALIONS".

NEITHER INDIA NOR RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE SO FAR PUBLICALLY COMMENTED ON WHAT TYPE OF SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES WILL BE DELIVERED TO MILITARY UNDER DEAL .MAY BE THE MISSILES WILL BE DEVELOPED BY DRDO OR DELIVERED BY THE DEFENSE OF RUSSIA.