Russia plans to
sign contract to deliver second batch of S-400 systems to Turkey — source
Military & Defense
February 14, 9:32 UTC+3
The second batch of the S-400 systems is expected to be
delivered in 2021
S-400 air defense missile systems
© Sergey Malgavko/TASS
MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. Russia and Turkey plan to
sign a contract on the delivery of the second batch of the S-400 air defense
missile systems in 2020, a military diplomatic source told TASS on Wednesday.
"After the delivery of the first batch concludes in May or June 2020, the parties plan to sign a new contract on the delivery of the second batch of the S-400 systems in 2021. The list of supplies will be similar to the one included in the first contract," the source said.
"After the delivery of the first batch concludes in May or June 2020, the parties plan to sign a new contract on the delivery of the second batch of the S-400 systems in 2021. The list of supplies will be similar to the one included in the first contract," the source said.
According to the source, the new document is planned to
stipulate local manufacturing as Turkish companies will produce certain
components of the S-400 systems, "which are not of crucial
importance."
Meanwhile, the Federal Service for Military-Technical
Cooperation and Rosoboronexport have declined to comment on this information.
First contract
The news about Russian-Turkish talks on the delivery of
S-400 systems first came in November 2016. The contract’s signing was confirmed
by Russia.
In September 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
announced that Ankara had signed a contract with Moscow on purchasing the S-400
complexes and made an advance payment. Head of Russia’s Rostec State
Corporation Sergei Chemezov said that the delivery would begin in March 2020.
Turkey is the first NATO member state to purchase this
kind of air defense missile systems from Russia.
International interest
In November 2014, it was announced that Russia and China
had signed a contract on S-400 supplies. In October 2016, Russia signed an
intergovernmental agreement to deliver S-400 systems to India.
According to media reports, Belarus, Vietnam, Egypt,
Iraq, Kazakhstan, Syria, Sudan, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern countries
are also interested in purchasing these complexes.
S-400 system
The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) is
the most advanced long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service
in 2007. It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles,
including medium-range ones, and can also be used against ground objectives.
The S-400 complex can engage targets at a distance of 400 km and at an altitude
of up to 30 km.
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