All About India’s S-400 That Took on Pakistan’s Aerial Attack

The Indian Air Force stopped Pakistan’s Wednesday night aircraft assault with the S-400 Triumf, which NATO refers to as the SA-21 Growler. Russia created the S-400, a contemporary long-range surface-to-air missile (MLR SAM) system.

Pakistan Attacks On India:

The Pakistani military targeted Awantipora, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, according to a statement from the defense ministry. It has been verified that India “neutralized” the Lahore Air Defense system in response to targeting Pakistan’s air defense radar.

S-400 Triumf Missiles:

Russia’s Almaz Central Design Bureau created the S-400 Triumf, one of the most sophisticated and powerful surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems in the world.

Since entering service in 2007, the S-400 has provided a multi-layered air defense shield capable of intercepting a wide range of aerial threats—including drones, fighter jets, ballistic and cruise missiles, and even stealth aircraft.

Developments:

Russia began developing the S-400 in the late 1980s and successfully tested it for the first time in 1999. Although planners aimed to deploy it by 2001, additional modifications delayed its introduction until 2007. Despite facing geopolitical obstacles, the Russian Armed Forces and several other nations, including India, have adopted the system. India is expected to receive its final shipment in 2025.

S-400 Capabilities:
A command and control center coordinates the integration of multiple sophisticated radars and missile launchers. Its multipurpose radar suite includes the 96L6 Cheese Board acquisition radar and the 92N2E Grave Stone tracking radar, which can identify targets up to 600 kilometers distant and offer 360-degree monitoring. Up to 300 targets can be tracked and up to 36 threats can be engaged concurrently by the S-400.

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To provide a multi-layered defense, the S-400 uses four different kinds of missiles:

1. 40N6: A 400-kilometer-range long-range missile that can intercept valuable targets at long range.

2. The 48N6 is a medium-range missile with a 250-kilometer range.

3. The 9M96E and 9M96E2 are short- to medium-range missiles that can hit fast-moving objects like fighter jets and precision-guided ordnance. Their ranges range from 40 to 120 kilometers.

4. Ballistic missiles near the frontier of space are among the targets that these missiles can hit at altitudes between 10 and 30 kilometers and at speeds up to Mach 14 (about 17,000 km/h).