the Armed forces of India asked to accelerate the process of transfer of anti-aircraft missile systems s-400 “Triumph”. The talks will be led by the Minister of defence of the country Rajnath Singh, who arrived in Moscow to participate in the Victory Parade.
As reported TASS with reference to Bloomberg, Singh will discuss with Sergey Shoigu incident in Ladakh and the issues of strengthening the defense capability of India. Specifies that the contract between Moscow and new Delhi was signed in 2018. Its cost is estimated at $ 5 billion. All SAM needs to be delivered to the customer until the end of 2021.
Also earlier it was reported that India is interested in acquiring the 21 multi-purpose MiG-29 to replace the outdated MiG-21. 20 more su-30MKI, the Indian military can order from a joint venture of Hindustan Aeronautics.
Recall that in the night of June 16 in Ladakh clashed armed forces of India and China. The first lost in killed and wounded almost 100 people, the second about 45.