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\nDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is headed to Moscow in the first week of April with a high-level industry delegation in tow. The S-400 missiles and the Kamov 226T helicopters are expected to be her two top priorities.<\/p>\n
Both deals had been announced in October 2016 after a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n
If agreed, the missile a \u2018state of the art\u2019 air defence system could be a ‘game changer’ in protecting India’s borders, besides it will further cement the five-decade-old ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n
Set to cost Rs 39,000 crore, ‘S-400 Triumf’ air defence missiles are mounted on road mobile launchers and carried by specialised trucks. The missile system includes multi-layered radars capable of tracking 300 targets such as missiles, planes, drones, helicopters and shoot down around three dozen simultaneously. It can hit incoming airborne targets between 20 km and 400 km – a rarity to have such vast range mated in a single missile system. It can also hit target at an altitude of 55 km. With inter-continental missiles (having more than 5,500 km range) travelling at 70-80 km altitude, this can come in handy for the defence forces. Russia deployed the missile system during its campaign against the Islamic State in Syria.<\/p>\n
The Kamov 226T helicopter will allow pilots to fly to the Siachen glacier or similar altitudes across the Himalayas much safely and with greater load carrying capacities. At least 200 of the twin-engine Kamov – a light utility helicopter – will be produced. These will cost $1 billion (Rs 6,800 crore).<\/p>\n
The two sides will be discussing the purchase of four Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356) stealth frigates will replace the three Godavari-class frigates that the Navy has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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