The second stage of Russia’s deliveries of S-400 missile systems to Turkey has been completed, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense announced on Sunday. “Today the supplies of the second battery of the S-400 have been completed at the Murted airfield in Ankara,” the statement said. The S-400 supplies to Turkey began on August 27, 2019. […]

Russia will deliver S-400 air defence systems to India in strict accordance with the schedule, within 18-19 months, and the contract has been already prepaid, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said. “The advance payment has been received and everything will be delivered in strict accordance with the schedule, within about 18-19 months,” Borisov said […]

Ankara: Turkey ignored US warnings as it continued Saturday to take delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system near Ankara, a defence minstry statement indicated. “Delivery of S-400 Long Range Air and Missile Defence Systems resumed today,” the statement said. “The fourth Russian plane carrying S-400 parts landed at Murted Airport outside Ankara,” it added. […]

MOSCOW: The S-400 missile systems are being delivered to Turkey in strict accordance with the relevant contract, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Everything is being done in strict accordance with the two countries’ agreements and the signed contracts. The parties are fulfilling their obligations,” he pointed out. The Turkish Defense Ministry announced the […]

DefenceTalkTurkey expects the delivery of the controversial Russian S-400 missile defence system to begin in July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying in Turkish media on Sunday. “I believe (S-400s) will begin to arrive in the first half of July. Colleagues in charge of the schedule are following the issue,” Erdogan said according […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-s-400s-delivery-for-early-july-72328/

DefenceTalkIndia is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told AFP. New Delhi has been “heard and understood” by the US administration over its accord to buy the S-400 missile defence system for $5.2 billion, the minister said in an interview this week. Indian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-hopes-to-avoid-us-sanctions-over-russian-missile-deal-72265/

DefenceTalkUS Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would drop its plan to purchase the Russian S-400 missile defense system and buy the US Patriot system instead. A day after Washington put a freeze on its joint F-35 fighter jet program with Turkey in protest to the S-400 deal, Shanahan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-expects-turkey-to-buy-us-missile-system-72242/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: About 100 Chinese military servicemen will undergo a course of instruction in Russia in March-June in the operation of the air defense system S-400 Triumf. They will be trained to operate the second regimental set of this system, to be handed over to China in the second half of the year, a military-diplomatic source […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-train-100-chinese-servicemen-for-second-regiment-of-s-400-72204/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. State Department said it had warned Turkey that if it goes ahead with the purchase of a Russian air defense system. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said March 5 that Washington might reconsider giving Turkey access to the advanced F-35 fighter jet program if it buys the Russian S-400 system. “We’ve clearly warned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-turkey-again-over-purchase-of-russian-air-defense-system-72196/

DefenceTalkTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday it was “out of the question” to reconsider a controversial deal to buy a top-line Russian anti-missile system and he might even look at other purchases. The United States, a long-standing NATO ally and supplier of much of Turkey’s military equipment, has pressed Ankara to drop the S-400 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/erdogan-determined-to-go-ahead-with-russian-missile-deal-72184/