". . . . the Chinese want the S400 - but the Americans are...

". . . . the Chinese want the S400 - but the Americans are objecting - there was some story about the Americans imposing some sanctions."

It looks like India will get the S-400 so I guess the Chinese don't want to be out done.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-01/major-arms-deal-gets-green-light-ahead-russia-india-summit

"The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the $6.2 billion S-400 Triumf deal with Russia on Sept.26. It’s rather symbolic that the final decision to purchase the five cutting-edge air defense systems to protect Indian critical infrastructure sites was taken just a few days before the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India scheduled on Oct.4-5. The Indian government defied the US threats to impose sanctions for buying Russian weapons in accordance with the 2017 “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” (CAATSA) the way it did to “punish” China for buying the same systems and Su-35 combat planes."

The S-400 is a recent variation of the S-300. The Syrian system is rumoured to be the S-300 PMU2 which is also very recent. According to the chart below the S-400 isn't supposed to be for export so I wonder what else the Russians have up their sleeves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_missile_system



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