Moscow: Russia believes that India does not need to buy an American missile shield it is currently in discussions for because the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching machine is better and a deal for it is more likely to be signed between the 2 nations soon.
Discussions are on and the deal must be inked ahead of the top of this year to fit into the manufacturing cycle, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation (FSMTC).
“We don’t see any need to buy the (American) NASAM (National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) as India is obtaining the S-400, which supplies an umbrella, comprehensive quilt,” said Shugaev.
India’s defence ministry had last month cleared the NASAM II for a imaginable acquire. “The US machine has a limited running space and has no missiles which can be at the start designed for it. What it makes use of is an adjusted model of an air-to-air missile,” said Shugaev.
Arguing that the Russian machine is better, the professional said that final discussions are on for signing the S-400 and it's going to optimistically be completed right through the upcoming bilateral summit between India and Russia in October. “We consider it is logical and natural that the contract is signed right through the upcoming summit.
There is not any drive however we are hoping that it's going to get signed by means of the top of this year,” he said.
He said that the contract needs to be signed this year for S-400’s manufacturer, Almaz Antey, to fit the order into its manufacturing plans. Russia is already supplying the air defence machine to China and Turkey.
The US not too long ago gave India’s imaginable acquire of the S-400 special exemption from its sanctions on Russia, averting additional headaches in India-US ties.
Discussions are on and the deal must be inked ahead of the top of this year to fit into the manufacturing cycle, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation (FSMTC).
“We don’t see any need to buy the (American) NASAM (National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) as India is obtaining the S-400, which supplies an umbrella, comprehensive quilt,” said Shugaev.
India’s defence ministry had last month cleared the NASAM II for a imaginable acquire. “The US machine has a limited running space and has no missiles which can be at the start designed for it. What it makes use of is an adjusted model of an air-to-air missile,” said Shugaev.
Arguing that the Russian machine is better, the professional said that final discussions are on for signing the S-400 and it's going to optimistically be completed right through the upcoming bilateral summit between India and Russia in October. “We consider it is logical and natural that the contract is signed right through the upcoming summit.
There is not any drive however we are hoping that it's going to get signed by means of the top of this year,” he said.
He said that the contract needs to be signed this year for S-400’s manufacturer, Almaz Antey, to fit the order into its manufacturing plans. Russia is already supplying the air defence machine to China and Turkey.
The US not too long ago gave India’s imaginable acquire of the S-400 special exemption from its sanctions on Russia, averting additional headaches in India-US ties.
India doesn’t need US missile shield, S-400 better: Russia
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