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India has placed an order of five units of the S-400 missile defence system worth $5.5 billion in October 2018. The Russian side had confirmed that production of the system has already begun and the training of Indian specialists will start very soon. Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria has categorically rejected the reports about delay in induction of much needed S-400 air missile defence system. He said India and Russia have been optimising the delivery schedule which will make the induction process quicker.“The programme delivery schedule is being optimised in coordination with Russia to enable the Indian Air Force to operationalise the weapon system quicker,” Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said while providing details about the force’s renewed focus on readiness and operational training. Read More…
