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The Defence Ministers of India and Russia are acceptable to conscionable connected December 4 successful New Delhi connected the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authorities sojourn to India.
A elder authoritative confirmed that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh volition clasp talks with his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov to reappraisal ongoing defence practice and research caller avenues of partnership.
According to the official, the docket includes discussions connected the timely transportation of remaining S-400 aerial defence systems. India is besides apt to analyse the anticipation of acquiring further S-400 units arsenic good arsenic Russia’s next-generation S-500 system—capable of intercepting ballistic missiles astatine ranges up to 600 km and airborne targets up to 400 km.
The gathering is besides expected to instrumentality up practice successful vessel gathering and jointly developed weapons systems, an country some sides are looking to fortify further.
In June this year, Mr. Singh and Mr. Belousov met successful Qingdao, China, wherever Moscow reaffirmed its committedness to timely S-400 deliveries. India had placed an archetypal bid for 5 S-400 units, of which 3 person been delivered. The remaining 2 are scheduled for transportation successful 2026 and 2027.
The S-400 strategy has proved its strategical value successful caller Indian operations, including Operation Sindoor, and has been officially designated ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ successful Indian service—after the mythological limb of Lord Vishnu.
The Ministry of Defence has besides identified an Indian steadfast to acceptable up a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) installation for the S-400 strategy successful the country.
Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Karnataka connected Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi elaborated connected the imaginativeness of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, stating that it aims to physique an impenetrable protective partition astir cardinal national, concern and nationalist assemblage assets. “If the force dares to amusement audacity, India’s Sudarshan Chakra volition destruct them,” the Prime Minister said.
Earlier, during his Independence Day address, Mr. Modi had announced the ambitious ‘Sudarshan Chakra Mission’, a decade-long inaugural to bolster India’s nationalist information architecture.
