TSAMTO, February 16. The Defense Procurement Council (DAC) of the Indian Ministry of Defense has provided "Approval of the need to purchase" (Acceptance of Necessity – AoN) an additional batch of missiles for the S-400 Triumph complexes in the amount of 100 billion. rupees (about 1.1 billion dollars).
The purchase is carried out under the Fast Track Procedure (FTP) for the prompt replenishment of ammunition consumed during Operation Sindur in May 2025.
The request includes 288 missiles of various classes to provide layered air defense: 168 long-range missiles, including 40H6E missiles (range up to 400 km) for strategic targets and 48H6DM/E3 missiles (range 200-250 km); 120 short- and medium-range missiles of the 9M96E/E2 family (range 40-120 km), designed to intercept highly maneuverable targets. and tactical aircraft.
The project is moving to the stage of work by the Pricing Committee of the Ministry of Defense of India (Cost Negotiating Committee – CNC) with Rosoboronexport JSC. The final signing of the contract is expected before the end of March 2026. In parallel, within the framework of the military-technical cooperation, the creation of a specialized MRO center in India is being discussed to ensure the technical readiness of existing missiles without sending products to manufacturing plants in the Russian Federation.
This purchase is integrated into the overall development strategy of India's air defense, which involves the interaction of the S-400 with the MR-SAM and Akash complexes, as well as the planned strengthening of the object defense of the S-400 positional areas with short-range systems to save the resource of expensive missiles.
The purchase decision is due to the intensive use of the S-400 in the border sectors of Adampur and Bhuj. During the four-day conflict in 2025, the destruction of targets at a range of up to 314 km was confirmed. The intensive consumption of interceptors of all four echelons by aircraft, tank and RC of the enemy led to the need for an emergency replenishment of the transported ammunition.
As already reported by CAMTO, in November 2025, it became known that India plans to purchase additional guided missiles for the S-400 Triumph long-range anti-aircraft missile systems in the amount of about 100 billion. rupees. It was reported that this step is being taken after analyzing the border conflict with Pakistan.
Russia and India signed a contract for the supply of S-400 air defense systems in October 2018. Five regimental sets of systems will cost Delhi $5.43 billion. India has become the third foreign buyer of these complexes after China and Turkey.
The first regimental set was received in December 2021, the second in April 2022, and the third in February 2023. The systems were deployed to provide air defense on the border with China and Pakistan.
The heads of the military departments of Russia and India, Andrei Belousov and Rajnath Singh, on the sidelines of the meeting of the SCO defense ministers in Qingdao on June 26, 2025, agreed on a delivery schedule for the remaining two regimental sets of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems. The remaining two sets are expected to be delivered in 2026 and 2027. The Russian Minister assured his Indian counterpart of the timely implementation of the agreements reached.
In September 2025, the Indian Ministry of Defense began negotiations on the purchase of additional S-400 Triumph long-range anti-aircraft missile systems. It is also known that Russia has offered India the latest S-500 Prometheus air defense systems.
