Which of the foreign customers can be among the first to receive our unique newest anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) S-500, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum.

“I’ll tell you this - India is the largest importer of Russian weapons. And we sometimes sell to India what we don’t sell to other countries. Because we have no political or territorial claims among ourselves. Or conflict situations. Our cooperation has been tested over the years. Therefore, We sometimes sell to India the first samples, which we generally supply for export. In particular, the S-400 complex, "said the deputy head of the Russian government in charge of the defense industry.

The official recalled that India had previously proclaimed the slogan "made in India". “And we organized licensed production of T-90 tanks, Su-30MKI planes there. We have a joint production of Brahmos missiles. That is, apart from the simple sale of weapons, we also share technologies with India. Negotiations are underway on the joint production of Ka-226T helicopters. ", - said Yuri Borisov.

At the same time, even the Indians, despite their good relations with them, will be able to receive the Russian air defense system only after domestic units. “This is a common practice - until we saturate our native armed forces, we do not sell abroad. And the state tests of the S-500 have just been completed and the first deliveries of this complex have begun. "Almaz-Antey" should be made. These are such configurations of the complex of the agreed composition, "the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

“That's when we saturate our own armed forces and, subject to a certain order, as a rule, the characteristics of the weapons supplied for export should not exceed Russian ones. ), if there is a corresponding application ", - concluded the Deputy Prime Minister, specifying that this is" a prospect for the next few years. "

It was recently reported that Belarus is also counting on Russian S-500 complexes.

Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Krivoruchko said that in the foreseeable future the Russian armed forces will acquire an anti-aircraft missile system, with which no world anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system is still capable of competing.

The Indians, despite the good relations, will be able to receive the Russian air defense system only after our Armed Forces
The S-500 "Prometheus" air defense system belongs to a new generation of anti-aircraft missile systems capable of separately solving the tasks of destroying ballistic and aerodynamic targets. Including medium-range ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles, low-orbit satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles and enemy aircraft. The performance characteristics of the S-500 make it possible to classify the weapon as the first generation of anti-space defense systems capable of repelling threats from near space. After all, the SAM is capable of destroying targets at ranges up to 600 km and at altitudes up to 200 km.
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