{"id":14597,"date":"2026-04-28T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14597"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:47:02","slug":"130589743-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14597","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s fourth S400 system to arrive in mid-May as Russia ships unit; deployment likely in Rajasthan | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130589734,imgsize-48122,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-looking-at-option-of-buying-more-s-400-air-defence-systems-from-russia.jpg\" alt=\"India's fourth S400 system to arrive in mid-May as Russia ships unit; deployment likely in Rajasthan\" title=\"An S-400 air defence system \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"An S-400 air defence system \">An S-400 air defence system <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi: Russia has shipped the fourth batch of S-400 Triumf defence system that \u201cwill reach India by mid-May\u201d soon after the May 7 anniversary of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/operation-sindoor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Operation Sindoor<\/a>, a defence source told TOI. The fifth S-400 system is expected to arrive in India in November. <!-- -->The Russian S-400 system proved its mettle in protecting India\u2019s military and civilian assets from Pakistan missiles during last year\u2019s conflict.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>\u201cThe pre-dispatch inspection by the IAF officials of the incoming S-400 system was completed by April 18,\u201d Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted a source as saying. \u201cThe fourth Russian S-400 air defence system is on its way to India and is expected to be received at an Indian port by mid-May. <!-- -->The new system is planned to be deployed in Rajasthan to strengthen missile defence on the Pakistan border,\u201d it further said.<!-- --> The fifth system will be deployed on the border with China, TASS said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>While the earlier two batches of S400 systems were deployed along the Pakistan border, the third one is positioned in the eastern sector.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>In 2018, India signed an agreement for the purchase of five S-400 squadrons worth $5.43 billion to bolster its missile defence shield. Impressed with its highly-effective role against Pakistan last year, the defence acquisition council (DAC) on March 27 this year approved the acquisition of additional five Russian S-400 systems, which are likely to expand the missile shield in the country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>India has also decided to purchase 280 short-and long-range S-400 missiles to replenish the stockpiles used during Op Sindoor, as well as to create a reserve of long-range weapons. <!-- -->India is estimated to have fired 11 long-range S-400 missiles at Pakistan, hitting fighter jets, early warning systems, and transport aircraft.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Post-Sindoor, India is in the process of developing a multi-layered integrated air and missile defence system \u2018Sudarshan Chakra\u2019 (India\u2019s own Iron Dome), involving S-400 (long-range), Barak-8 (medium-range), and indigenous Project Kusha (extended range air defence system) to create an advanced, homegrown \u201cIron Dome\u201d comprehensive security shield against diverse threats like ballistic missiles, drones, and hypersonic weapons.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>India is also planning to procure Russian Pantsir-S1M short-range air defence systems to protect its S-400 Triumf batteries from small threats like drones.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/indias-fourth-s400-system-to-arrive-in-mid-may-as-russia-ships-unit-deployment-likely-in-rajasthan\/articleshow\/130589743.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An S-400 air defence system New Delhi: Russia has shipped the fourth batch of S-400&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,719,34366,720,721,5271,34367,34368,34365,722],"class_list":["post-14597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-missile-defense","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-operation-sindoor","tag-russia-defense-exports","tag-s-400-shipment","tag-s-400-triumf-system","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}