S-400 Triumf Triumph SA-21 Growler 5P85TE2 

Surface-to-Air defense missile system - Russia

The S-400 nicknamed Triumf or Triumph,  NATO code-named SA-21 Growler is a long-range surface-to-air missile system produced by Almaz-Antey. The S-400 Triumph is designed to engage, ECM, radar-picket, director area, reconnaissance, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical and theatre ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles and other current and future air attack assets at a maximum range of 400 km, and an altitude of up to 30 km. The S-400 Triumph can also destroy Tomahawk cruise missiles and other types of missiles, including precision-guided ones, as well as AWACS aircraft, at ranges of up to 400 km. It can also detect stealth aircraft and other targets at all altitudes of their combat employment and at maximum ranges. This air defense missile system can simultaneously engage 36 targets. The work of development of the S-400 Triumph air defense missile system is a visible embodiment of cooperation among weapons developers. Besides the Almaz Central Design Bureau, these include leading enterprises of the Russian Defence industry, such as the Fakel Machine-Building Design Bureau, the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Measuring Instruments, the St- Petersburg Special Machine-Building Design Bureau, and a number of others. A regular S-400 battalion reportedly consists of at least eight launchers with 32 missiles and a mobile command post. The principal distinctions between the S-400 and its predecessor lie in further refinements to the radar and software, and the addition of four new missile types in addition to the legacy 48N6E/48N6E2 used in the S-300PMU2 Favorit. The S-400 entered service with the Russian Armed Forces on April 28, 2007, replacing the S-300 air defense system. As of September 2008, Russia has two systems already in active duty. The Russian Army plans call for the fielding of 18 battalions by 2020 as the backbone of its surface-to-air missile capabilities. Belarus is set to become the first export customer. In April 2009 during the IDEF exhibition in Istanbul Rosoboronexport released that the Turkish government had expressed strong interest in buying of S-400 air defense systems. Reports on Russia signing a contract for sales of S-400 systems to China came in November 2014. In November 2015, the Russian president’s adviser on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin confirmed these reports. Turkish talks on the delivery of the S-400 systems first came in November 2016. In September 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara had signed a contract with Moscow on purchasing the S-400 complexes and made an advance payment. The Head of Russia’s Rostec State Corporation Sergei Chemezov said that the delivery would begin in March 2020. China became the first foreign buyer of these systems and will receive two batches. In July 2018, the Russian press agency TASS has announced that China has received the first batch of Russian-made S-400 Triumf missile systems. On 15 October 2016 during the BRICS Summit, India and Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) for the supply of five S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. On 5 October 2018, India and Russia signed a US$5.43 billion deal for five S-400 missile systems. The deliveries are expected to commence in 24 months, by the end of 2020. In January 2018, Russian state media TASS reported that Qatar was in an advanced state of talks to procure S-400 missile systems. The S-400 air defense missile system is combat-proven, in November 2015, the deployment of the S-400 was reported in Syria, along with the contingent of Russian troops and other military hardware in the course of the air campaign conducted by the Russian forces on the side of the Syrian government. In July 2019, Russia has started the delivery of S-400 missile systems to Turkey. In May 2021, Russia has announced the delivery of the S-400 to India. In December 2021, it was published that Algeria has received the Russian S-400 air defense missile system. In February 2022, the President of Belarus announced that Belarus was in talks with Russia to acquire S-400 air defense missile systems. In May 2022, Belarus confirmed the purchase of Russian-made S-400 air defense missile systems. In November 2022, Turkey announced that its S-400 air defense missile systems were fully operational and ready for use. On December 16, 2022, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced the deployment of S-400 on Belarus territory. On January 20, 2023, it was reported that Ukrainian Special Forces destroyed a Russian 5P85SM2 TEL (Transporter Erector Launcher) vehicle of the S-400 SAM. 

S-400 Triumf Triumph variants:

- S-400 M: export version of S-400