BEIJING – Moscow has begun the delivery of the S-400 Triumf air defensemissile systems to China under the 2014 contract, TASS said, citing asource in the military cooperation system.
“The implementation of the contract has begun, the first shipment has beensent to China,” the source said on Thursday.
The shipment reportedly includes a control station, a radar station, energyand support equipment, spare parts, various tools and other elements of theS-400 system.
The contract with China stipulated neither technology transfer nor licensedproduction, according to the source. Russia’s Federal Service forMilitary-Technical Cooperation has not commented on the report.