India has steadily increased its air defense capabilities in the Ladakh Valley region near the contested border with China.

It is not yet clear how the U.S. will respond to India’s receipt of Russia-made S-400 air defense systems. Despite kind words, cooperation, and defense ties, there are longer term difficulties ...

China has conducted a second successful test firing of its new S-400 air defense system, according to a Russian source.

MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. Russia’s S-400 air defense system has entered duty at the Hmeimim air base accommodating Russia’s air and space group in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman ...

ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 10. /TASS/. Air defense systems S-400 Triumf stationed in Crimea have practiced elimination of air targets by conducting simulated electronic missile launches, the press ...

was locked by a Russian S-400 air defense system while flying over international waters of the Baltic Sea in the night between Jan. 15 and 16, 2025. The aircraft was also subjected to jamming by ...

But a defense system like Israel’s may not be feasible in the country, which is more than 400 times larger. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg ... would be a significant expansion of the United States’ air defense ...

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