Russia's Rosoboronexport to sign contract with India for delivery of S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems

Highlights:

1. The S-400 Triumf is the most advanced long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service in Russia in 2007

2. The deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to China would begin in compliance with the schedule, the report said 

Russia is expected to sign contract with India on the delivery of S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems soon, Russian news agency TASS reported.  

Russia's weapons exporter Rosoboronexport expects to sign a contract with India soon on the delivery of S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, the report said quoting Rosoboronexport Head Alexander Mikheyev, as saying at the Le Bourget international aerospace show on Wednesday. 

"Rosoboronexport is carrying out pre-contractual work with Indian partners. We are discussing the technical issues of the deliveries. I can assure you that both our company and the Indian side are set to sign the contract soon," the report said quoting Mikheyev as saying to journalists.

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According to the report, an agreement on the delivery of S-400 antiaircraft missile systems to India was signed by the Russian and Indian governments in October 2016.

The Rosoboronexport chief also said that the deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to China would begin in compliance with the schedule. 

"The S-400 Triumf long-range air defence missile systems will be delivered to China in strict compliance with the contract concluded between Rosoboronexport and the Chinese side. There are no causes to doubt the timely and qualitative fulfillment of the accords," the report said quoting Mikheyev, as saying. 

The S-400 Triumf is the most advanced long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service in Russia in 2007, cited the report.

The missile is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles, and can also be used against ground objectives.