The Russian-type S-400 air defence systems ordered by Turkey will be delivered to NATO state from March 2020. Russia would n deliver four units of air defence system to Turkey, said head of state industrial conglomerate Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, of newspaper Kommersant. The purchase price for four batteries is 2.5 billion US dollars. "You make 45 percent of contract amount as a down payment. 55 percent are a Russian loan, "said Chemezov.

The NATO member Turkey's business with Russia, which heads of State of countries had already agreed in September, had been criticized in Western alliance. Russian anti-aircraft missiles cannot be integrated into NATO's military structure. Moreover, relations between NATO and Russia have worsened in recent years.

There have also been frequent diplomatic upheavals between several NATO countries, especially Germany, and Turkey. Observers saw in arms business, not least refore, a sign of a departure from Turkey from North Atlantic Alliance.

According to Chemezov, Turkey is first NATO state to receive S-400 missile system. The talks about it were over. Only final documents would have to be confirmed, he told newspaper.

The missiles of system can intercept 400 miles of airplanes and ballistic missiles. In Russian army, one battery has a radar and twelve trucks with four rocket launch tubes each.

Date Of Update: 28 December 2017, 12:02