Last month, Russian forces have received a new S-400 Triumf air and missile defense regiment. The Russian defense firm Almaz-Antey announced that it “delivered a new regiment set of S-400 Triumf […] systems […] ahead of schedule,” reported the Russian news agency TASS. In addition to its own domestic procurement, Russia has been aggressively marketing...
On August 21, Russia’s Interfax newswire reported that Turkey will receive the S-400 Triumf air defense system from Russia in 2019 instead of 2020, as initially announced last year. Turkey will be the only NATO state to acquire the system. The deal was first announced in September 2017, and the U.S. stated in June that...
Last week, China officially accepted S-400 Triumf air defense systems from Russia in an acceptance certificate. Elements of the systems were sent in January and delivered to China in April and May. In an interview with Russian news agency TASS, a military diplomatic source stated, “It is planned that in late July-early August the unit of the Chinese People’s...
On July 23, Congress released the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fiscal Year 2019 Conference Report, which could permit the United States to exempt states from sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). If entered into law, this would allow the United States not to sanction India for (and others in the...
On July 21, Russian Ambassador to Qatar Nurmakhmad Kholov told Russian news agency TASS that Qatar and Russia had been discussing the sale of the S-400 Triumf missile system. In October 2017, Russia and Qatar signed a small arms agreement, with contract agreements following. In the interview, Kholov stated, “As for air defense systems, S-400...
On July 13, Indian Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India will continue pursuing its deal with Russia to procure the S-400 Triumf air defense system. The decision comes even with the possibility of sanctions imposed by the United States via the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) and follows the price agreement...
On July 3, Russian news source TASS stated that “Russia has completed the state trials of the 40N6E long-range missile for the S-400 air defense system,” according to “a source in the domestic defense industry.” The 40N6E is an extended-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) that may be able to intercept ballistic missiles and has a reported...
On June 26, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. A. Wess Mitchell stated that the United States would sanction Turkey under Section 231 of the CAATSA should Turkey purchase the S-400 missile system from Russia. In his testimony before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on U.S. foreign policy in Europe, Secretary...
On May 30, India and Russia finalized a price agreement for Indian procurement of the S-400 Triumf (NATO: SA-21 Growler). No public announcement of the price agreement has been made, but an Indian official suggested it could be disclosed at the Russia-India summit in October 2018. The price agreement comes despite the United States’ Countering...
On April 3, Russian state-run news agency TASS announced that Moscow delivered the first regimental set of S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems to China. “Two vessels have delivered the first regimental set of S-400s from the port of Ust-Lug, Leningrad Region, to China within the time limit established by the contract,” a source familiar...
