S-400 missile system to be first deployed in Punjab by February
India Today
The Indian Air Force will complete the deployment of the first regiment of S-400 at an airbase in Punjab by February.
The Indian Air Force is likely to complete the deployment of the first regiment of the S-400 Triumph missile system at an airbase in Punjab by February, military officials said on Saturday. They said the process of deployment of the missile system has begun and it will take at least six more weeks to complete the deployment.The first regiment of the missile system is being deployed in such a way that it can cover parts of the border with China in the northern sector as well as the frontier with Pakistan.
"The transportation of various critical components of the missile systems as well as its peripheral equipment to the site of the deployment is going on," said an official. In total, India will get five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia.