Turkish 'Islamist Dictatorship' discussing purchase of S-400 systems from Russia.

Turkish 'Islamist Dictatorship' discussing purchase of S-400 systems from Russia. (Tass).

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik has said that Ankara is in talks with Moscow regarding the purchase of S-400 air defense systems. He made the statement when asked about Turkey’s plans for building up its air defense potential.

"We are conducting talks with Russia over the S-400s. But we also go ahead with contacts with other countries on this issue. Russia’s stance is positive," he said.

China makes advance payment for Russian S-400 air defense system delivery.

China makes advance payment for Russian S-400 air defense system delivery. (Tass).

China has paid Russia an advance under a contract signed last year for the delivery of S-400 Triumf antiaircraft missile systems, Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec Head Sergei Chemezov told TASS on Friday.

"We still have to go through a whole number of formal procedures, which we have not yet completed, although we have already received an advance payment. I believe we’ll settle these procedures by the end of the year," Chemezov said.

The deliveries of S-400 air defense systems to China under this contract may begin in the first quarter of 2017, Chemezov said.

A source in the system of Russia’s military and technical cooperation earlier told TASS that Beijing would receive the first S-400 antiaircraft missile systems no sooner than in twelve or eighteen months.

China’s deal to purchase S-400 Triumf systems was officially announced in the spring of 2015. Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport Head Anatoly Isaikin didn’t disclose at the time the details of the contract, the number of S-400 systems that would be purchased by China or the timeframe of the deliveries.

According to media reports, the deal involves no less than six S-400 battalions worth a total of $3 billion.

One S-400 system can acquire 36 targets at a time with 72 missiles at a distance of 400 km. The S-400 Triumf antiaircraft complex is capable of hitting targets at an altitude of 30 km and can be used against ground objectives. More:

Video - New Russian S-400 doubles firing range

New Russian S-400 doubles firing range. (Zvezda).

Checking for new missile S-400 is in full swing. During the test, the missile was put almost a full range of flight and successfully hit the target.

The new missile will increase the range of complex lesions by almost half. "With the adoption adopted a new missile, which is now undergoing state tests, a destructive force C-400 will be up to 400 kilometers," - said the deputy commander of the Air and Space Defense Major General Kirill Makarov. He said that in the current assembly complex is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 250 kilometers.

Air defense missile system S-400 (Russian classification - "Triumph", according to NATO classification - SA-21 Growler, ie "Grumpy") adopted in 2007. Currently, Russia deployed 19 battalions of these machines (152 launchers).

Russia to provide China with at least six S-400 AA missile systems.

Russia to provide China with at least six S-400 AA missile systems. (Vedomosti).[GoogleTranslate].

Manager of one of the Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex and a person close to the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry, told " Vedomosti "that at the beginning of this autumn a contract was signed between " Rosoboronexport "and the Ministry of National Defense to supply at least six divisions anti-missile system S-400 for more than $ 3 billion.

The representative of " Rosoboronexport "was yesterday unavailable for the press representative Concern PVO " Almaz-Antey " ( developer of the C-400) declined to comment.

Negotiations on the supply of S-400 in China has been going on for several years, while in 2011, leadership of the Russian military department stated that the delivery system for export may be no earlier than 2016 - because of the need to implement a program for the supply of the Russian Armed Forces.

In the spring of 2014 the newspaper " Kommersant "reported that President Vladimir Putin has approved the delivery of S-400 in China, and in July the head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov said that the first foreign customer of this system can be precisely China.

Long-range systems such as the S-300P exported after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Vietnam, Algeria, Azerbaijan and Cyprus ( now set Cypriots systems are in the armed forces of Greece) and in the presence of the Russian Armed Forces - in Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The contract for the supply of S-300 to Iran was canceled for political reasons in 2010, and execution of the contract for the supply of S-300 to Syria suspended due to the civil war in this country.

In Venezuela and Egypt were delivered than the S-300P systems such as S-300B, originally developed not for the defense forces of the country, and for the defense of the Ground Forces.

Despite the fact that over the past 15 years, the Chinese defense industry sharply raised its level remained segments where it has not yet been able to prove their worth, the director of the Center for Strategic conditions Ivan Konovalov . According to him, most likely this latest system, along with other modern weapons systems will be placed by the Chinese army in the south of the country in order to control the airspace over Taiwan and the disputed islands in the surrounding waters.Read the full story here.

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Putin, Xi Decide to Hold Military Exercises in 2015, sell S-400 system to China.

Putin, Xi Decide to Hold Military Exercises in 2015, sell S-400 system to China. (Cyplive).

"We are with President Vladimir Putin have agreed that our two countries will work together to carry out a number of joint exercises, commemorative events in honor of this great victory," - said Xi Jinping, RIA "Novosti". 

"Maritime Cooperation" held this year for the third time. Last year, they were held in July in the Sea of ​​Japan, in which was attended by about 20 ships of both countries.

In recent years, military cooperation between Russia and China, as well as cooperation in a number of other areas, actively developed. For 20 years, Russia supplied to China many weapons and equipment, including the Su-27 (China also transferred the license to produce them), air defense systems, "Thor", "Beech", "Tunguska" anti-aircraft missile system S- 300.

In the second half of the 2000s in China, post-technological revolution, decided that is able to cope with the equipment of the army. However, China has not fully renounced arms imports: in 2009 the supply of arms and military equipment to China was 9% of Russian arms exports in 2012 - 12%.

In March 2013, Russia and China signed a framework agreement for the supply of 24 Su-35 and the four-class submarines "Lada". According to estimates of the Chinese side in the future, China and Russia can expand cooperation in the field of arms supplies, in particular, we can talk about China purchasing Russian anti-aircraft S-400 Heavy Duty 117C, transport aircraft Il-76 tanker aircraft IL-78 . 

The annual exercises of ground forces of the two countries carried out in preparation for joint action in case of aggravation of the situation in Central Asia. Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy closely in the security of maritime convoys, which are taken from Syria chemical weapons.

The maneuvers in 2015 will be held "in commemoration of the victory over the German fascism and Japanese militarism on the European and Asian theaters of war of WWII," according to a statement of the two leaders.