BEIJING: China has successfully tested the advanced S-400 air defense system imported from Russia for which India also signed-up recently despite concerns over threat of sanctions from the US.
It was the first time the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tested the system since it received the last shipments of the weaponry from Russia in July under a USD 3 billion contract signed in 2015.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force last month tested the S-400 Triumf air defense system successfully shooting down a “simulated ballistic target” almost 250 kilometer away and moving at the supersonic speed of 3 kilometer per second, Hong-Kong based South China Morning Post reported, quoting Russian media reports.
Details of the location of the test have not been disclosed.
India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy the same system in October this year despite concerns over threat of sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) instituted by the US Congress on arms purchases from Russia.
India wants the long-range missile systems to tighten its air defense mechanism, particularly along the 3488 km-long Sino-India border.
S-400 is known as Russia’s most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defense system.
The system can simultaneously shell 36 targets moving at a speed of up to 4,800 meters per second with 72 ground-to-air missiles. PTI
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