*MOSCOW : *A storm has damaged parts of a Russian S-400 surface-to-airmissile system while it was being shipped to China, RIA news agency said onFriday, quoting a Russian official.
China became the first foreign buyer of the system from Russia under acontract signed in 2014.
The vessel has brought back the damaged components to Russia’s port ofUst-Luga for evaluation, Mariya Vorobyova, spokeswoman for the military andtechnical cooperation service told RIA.
They would be delivered to China at a later date, she said.
She gave no details about the damaged components but described them assecondary.
Russia also signed a deal to supply the S-400 missile system to Turkey latelast year.