Consider the following statements with respect to S 400 Triumf It is a mobile surface to air missile...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to S-400 Triumf

It is a mobile, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system
It is designed by DRDO and developed by Russia
India is the first foreign buyer to broker a government deal with Russia for the system

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

1 only

1,2 and 3

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Explanation:

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The S-400 Triumf is a mobile, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system designed and developed in the 1990s by Russia’s Almaz Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering as an upgrade to the S-300 family.

China was the first foreign buyer to broker a government deal with Russia in 2014; while Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India and Belarus have all acquired, or expressed interest, in the system since.

The S-400 Triumf air defence missile system will give a major boost to India’s capabilities to take out enemy fighter aircraft and cruise missiles at long range. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct the first unit of S-400 systems at a time when India is locked in a standoff with China in the Ladakh sector.

China has already deployed two S-400 squadrons at Ngari Gar Gunsa and Nyingchi airbase in Tibet, across Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh respectively.