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China buys S-400 air defence missile system from Russia - Rosoboronexport head

MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. China has bought the S-400 anti-aircraft defence missile system from Russia, Director General of arms exporter Rosoboronexport Anatoly Isaykin said on Monday. "I would not disclose the contract details, but yes, China has indeed become the first buyer of the Russian newest air defence system, which only emphasises the strategic level of our relations," Isaykin told the Kommersant daily in an interview. "Many countries want to buy the S-400. However, our industry - represented by the Almaz-Antey air defence concern should deliver them to the Defence Ministry in the first place. And even with taking into account the expansion of our production capacities it would be difficult to deliver these systems to several countries at a time. China has become our first customer to get these systems," said the Rosoboronexport head. "I believe that if we work in the interests of China, the work also in our own interests," Isaykin said. The S-400 Triumph (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) was developed as an upgrade of the S-300 series of surface-to-air missile systems. The system entered service in April 2007 and the first S-400 was deployed in combat in August 2007. Russia set up four S-400 regiments defending national airspace in the Moscow region, the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, and the Eastern Military District. Read more

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