Putin le permite adquirir el segundo mejor SAM del mundo a China

Putin approved the sale of S-400 to China 



Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to the sale of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 to China, the newspaper "Kommersant", citing a source close to the Kremlin. At the same time director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin confirmed that negotiations for the supply complexes China are ongoing. The decision to sell the complexes was made in early 2014.

Ongoing negotiations with China related to the number of complexes and their cost. However, even if a firm contract will be signed in the near future, get new C-400 Beijing could not before 2016. Earlier delivery of arms to China is impossible because first to be held most of the delivery of S-400, ordered by the Ministry of Defense of Russia under the current state armaments program.

The parties are currently discussing the possibility of delivery to China from two to four battalions of S-400, the structure of each of which consists of eight launchers. Thus the customer insists on getting complete information about performance characteristics of aircraft missile systems. Through the acquisition of S-400 China can control the air space not only over its own territory, but also over Taiwan and Japanese Senkaku Islands.

Negotiations with China on the delivery of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 conducted over the past three years. In 2012 it became known that Moscow may sell Beijing new complexes, but only after the export version will be developed by the system. Furthermore, prolonged negotiations can be connected and systematic copying of China Russian arms and military equipment. In particular, for this reason were frozen negotiations on supplying Beijing Su-35s.

Over the past few years, China is actively interested in the purchase of Russian anti-aircraft missiles. In 2007, the country signed a contract to supply 15 battalions of S-300PMU-2 and four management systems 83M6E2. Delivery of these systems was completed in April 2010. Complexes were a part of the air defense systems in Beijing, Shanghai and several other major Chinese cities.


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