New Delhi, January 2: India will start receiving the delivery of the first batch of S-400 ‘Triumf’ advanced air defence system from Russia from October 2020. Meanwhile, by April 2023, all the five squadrons will be delivered to India. "The deliveries will commence from October 2020 and will be completed by April 2023," Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in Lok Sabha while replying to a question on the contract. 'Project 1135.6' Deal Finalised: India & Russia to Build Two Frigates at Goa Shipyard Limited.

In October last year, India signed the deal for the S-400 missile system with Russia during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the country to attend the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit. Reacting to the deal, the United States President Donald Trump said that India would soon find out if the punitive Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions apply to it or not.

The US enacted the law to punish Russia for meddling in the 2016 presidential elections. The law also threatens sanctions against third countries for having any security and intelligence relations with Russia. China Successfully Tests Russian S-400 Missile Air Defence System.

The S-400 Triumf System missile is an anti-aircraft weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. Meanwhile, China was the first country to import S-400 missiles from Russia. In December, Beijing successfully tested the sophisticated S-400 air defence system.

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