Russian S-400 missile system: What it can do & why it’s worth it for India to risk US sanctions

#S400MissileSystem
As India starts receiving delivery of S-400 missile system from Russia, Shekhar Gupta explains the whole missile system and whether it is worth spending 5.2 billion for, as US sanctions hover over India with this buy. And where does it place India with Pakistan and China. Episode 879 of CutTheClutter
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[@Oberoy248]

It's not about the cost. I'm sure there are many people who would be willing to pay quite a bit more. Problem is that the news that is delivered is twisted and biased to suit the view of the journalist. How can someone be sure that we will receive unbiased news? People (atleast like me) want news that is not biased against or in favour of BJP. Instead of looking at matters subjectively, mainstream media is always biased and try to feed their twisted opinion into the viewer's minds. However, I should admit that this show is quite neutral and interesting and I feel he content is very much unbiased these days.

[@nitinpatel1039]

India is also buying predator drone to avoid sanction

[@biswsjitbordoloi4329]

@@nitinpatel1039 but these drone are in pipe line for many years..

[@michaelmontgomery5141]

Declaration of a country’s defense capability serves to reduce the desire of other country’s to attack. May I suggest India has disclosed enough to give aggressors pause.

[@michaelmontgomery5141]

@@Oberoy248 one must study/read an enormous amount of material to reach the “truth”.

[@npd9758]

Considering how USA presented itself in Afghanistan. It is important for India to keep it's Russian and French counterparts in a good mood rather than completely depending on USA

[@2002georgezacharia]

100pc correct

[@nitinpatel1039]

India is buying 30 predator drone to compensate

[@mathew6199]

Russians are no longer ally to India

[@sunnymitra6372]

Russia won't be able to help us during Future Indo China conflicts. USA is the Only Power which has its own interests to oppose China

[@supriyo1391]

@@mathew6199 Diversity is the answer, not dependence. India can't ignore Russia altogether.

[@harisundar8698]

India owning the same S-400 does send a message to China to not take us lightly. A timely upgrade for Indian Air Forces. Kudos to the govt.

[@shyamalisarkar3750]

China also has s400 brother. In fact, Russia delivered s400 to China before India.

[@superman-sw4jg]

@@shiblirahat111 oh idiot we forgot u sorry for that

[@GururajBN]

Sending messages is so expensive these days!

[@Vishwajeet0723]

India's version of S400 is better than the Chinese one!

[@harisundar8698]

@@shyamalisarkar3750 thats what i said brother. Both of us have the same tech.

[@Anv2991]

India is a seasonal friend for America, not an American ally. It would be prudent to keep that in mind.

[@tapemaj]

Customer rather

[@Akhilkumar0024]

Every country is a seasonal friend today's enemies are tomorrows recruits

[@rajkumarsahu4018]

@@tapemaj When interests are more or so aligned , I believe short term friends will be better representation in words than Customer. India doesn't have a" big" history of buying big warfare architecture from any country except Russia formerly called Soviet Union.

[@dukhi_aatma372]

India does not have any 'real' friend as such. All our 'friends' are just business partners. As long as we keep buying expensive weapons from them, they support us. The day we stop, we'll find ourselves on the same side of Russia and China. 🤣

[@Akhilkumar0024]

@@dukhi_aatma372 not weapons but the day out interests differ

[@jauhariakash]

Due credit should be given to Mr S Jaishankar as well if we are indeed able to avoid evoking CATSA. In a dynamic world it makes sense to diversify and get the best available, though interoperability may be a challenge for our forces.

[@Kipchoge475]

Interoperability between what?

[@shubham5144]

@@Kipchoge475 he means interoperability between russian, indian, and Israeli air defence system

[@Kipchoge475]

@@shubham5144 thanks.

[@pradeepbhai007]

Its caatsa

[@adamjson2052]

American sanctions are already tested against india in 1998 Nuclear test. When indian government issued sovereign bonds and Americans felt the heat in their ass within 90 days as whopping 15 billion worth of these bonds were subscribed in dollar value. Right now america needs India like anything even if they will put sanctions it will be downgraded immediately as there is no bipartisan support for such thing exists in Usa.

[@prakashraghunathan2685]

Russian defense system are most sophisticated and advanced.India has done the right one in purchasing from Russia .India should keep a balanced approach with usa and Russia.

[@abhi565b]

Not Russian but western defence equipments are more lethal and reliable..s 400 is an exception

[@thehavoccrew9032]

Not jets

[@floyd7835]

no never ..this s 400 is an exception... otherwise soviet defense machinery is always fragile

[@gothiquegmail]

@@floyd7835 what are you talking about, russian tech is famous for being sturdy and reliable. They dont even need to clean airways for their jets like US does, because a single debris would ground planes

[@masumabid4883]

Under the eye of Russian S-400 deployed in Syria, the Israelis are continuously launching missiles against Syrian targets. I never heard any Russian S-400 launched a counter successful counter attack. S-400 are battle untested as of now.

[@souravghosh7321]

Modi govt boosting defence in India... kudos to the govt !!

[@rahulitrc]

Problem is that we have many "gaddars" in our country. This whole S400 system is mobile and can be deployed anywhere given the carrying vehicle can go there. Now, india wants to widen the roads in chinese border areas but some stupid NGO filed a petition in SC to stop the widening of these roads.

[@rahulitrc]

@P Pierre because we really need to widen the roads in border areas for quick troops and supplies movement to border in case of chinese aggression.

[@souravghosh7321]

@@rahulitrc why do the NGO's have problem in widening of roads ??

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

And killing farmers!

[@rahulitrc]

@@jaideepshekhar4621 do one favor to yourself and search for Farmer's suicide during UPA and Modi governments.

[@ghettomaster1000]

God bless Modi, Rajnath Singh, Ajit Doval and S. Jaishankar. Shifting balance of power is necessity to stabilize kashmir issue and terrorism. Pakistan untill now had almost equal deterrent for small battles. Now even in small battles they will expose themselves to great risk. I respect army but it is also important to have politician think for India in strategic futuristic sense.

[@kaaaah2003]

May be.... you will find S400 radar Jammed and a friendly fire.

[@tapemaj]

Well said … well said . Agree 💯 %

[@rks2366]

1. S 400 2.Rafael aircraft 3. Tejas aircraft 4. Vikrant aircraft carrier 5.Shakti anti satelite missile 6.Chinuk helicopter 7.Apache attack helicopter 8.Bhishma tank 9.Nuclear submarine (4) under project 75 10. Nag, Surya , Prithvi V missile 11. NAVIK GPS system These are some major development in defence sector under Modi government in last 7 year.

[@tanmaydeshpande9198]

@@rks2366 Add to that Ordnance factory reform

[@gajendrakn5589]

@@rks2366 Tejas mk2 TEDBF AMCA Fast breeder reactor SSN submarines are also coming 😁

[@ganapatihegde1024]

The Modi government is making all efforts to enhance the military capabilities of India. India should enhance its capabilities of indigenous defence manufacturing in the area of aircraft carriers, Submarines, drones, aircrafts and mobile missile launchers like S 400. India should have specialized military engineering and science college where the most talented technical manpower should recruited and trained in military technology.

[@vijaybhaskarreddy8697]

Dear This was not ordered by MODi goverment please check

[@gsnayak06]

@@vijaybhaskarreddy8697 ordered in 2016 , fyi

[@seventhuser904]

@@vijaybhaskarreddy8697 Please give credit where it is due

[@abdulrahamanashraffi4866]

If modiji so brilliant why is saleing on it our govt ,our defence depends on BSNL broadband service for its security, secret point,our railway which back bone in movement of heavy large defence material, personal ect our highways, seaports, airport's,ect thanks for what's app University students watch ing

[@gsnayak06]

@@abdulrahamanashraffi4866 madrassa chaps and their convoluted logic :D

[@yuvraj1405]

We must remember that it is Russian Federation and not Soviet Union We are alone, as russia is heavily dependent on China 🇨🇳 Trusting on USA is a risky thing, So we are on our own majorly But very nicely explained as was expected as always 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@udayanbadola7077]

True... Sacking pathetic corrupt bureaucrats will be the first thing to strengthen our defence. 🙏

[@yuvraj1405]

@@udayanbadola7077 It is *true* and really important

[@udayanbadola7077]

@@yuvraj1405 thanks 🙏. If i were in that position i would have sacked left right and centre and would have made defence only a specialist's( real expert) field not generalist's field(ias babu). Lol 😅 bhaavnao me beh gaya

[@udayanbadola7077]

@@guharup he already is in china's camp. Putin will go one day, but his whole economy is shifted towards china.

[@udayanbadola7077]

@@guharup yep true though. Let's see. 🙂

[@MinhajAhmedAnsari]

This procurement makes it clear, no matter which side of strategic divide we are, we never put all our eggs in one basket. In recent years we have made lot of purchase from our American partners, and every once in a while we should diversify our arsenal. Plus american procurement and end use agreements are tough to comply. So, this puts pressure on US to extra sweeten the defence deals by providing special freedom to operate them. Win-win situation indeed.

[@sanjaycharan4682]

😀🙏👍

[@harisundar8698]

Great point brother

[@sahilgthakur394]

Both are juicing us. Untill we cant build it ourselves we are at loss

[@anurag4062]

Actually, in December when Russian President will visit India, you will be amazed to see how much more we are ordering from Russia such as T90 Tanks, AK203 made in amethi, and couple of more deals.

[@aravindsanjeev4150]

We need to be able to build ourselves. Purchasing goods from others is never good.

[@words7460]

Now or Never: India needs to build it's domestically owned Military Industrial Complex. Right from Semiconductor Chips, Fighter Jets, Reconnaissance aircraft, AEW&C's, or anything. India needs it's own companies like Boeing, L.Martin, etc. Hope Private sector Industrialists move towards this and Government Reforms the bureaucracy to help them.

[@anuragbanerjee2879]

That needs good engineers, not our IIT types, cannot even design a pen

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

@@anuragbanerjee2879 it needs good rules and regulations... We have great engineers

[@words7460]

@@bhuvaneshs.k638​ @Anurag Banerjee I think both of you are correct. I say we need improvement on both fronts, but in my opinion the main issue is rules and regulations, and bureaucratic problems a person faces.

[@dukhi_aatma372]

Wishful thinking. 😆

[@drheadshot2772]

Needs education and fearless mind to think and interpret into mechanical and AI tech. Hindus never come out from fear untill Pakistan Zindaabad

[@harisundar8698]

S-400 along with armed drone deals that is already signed are timely upgrades. This would mean less risk of losing our own brave jawans for surveillance and operations such as surgical strikes if required.

[@tanny786]

like abhinandan

[@samhussey7383]

You loser, don’t you understand that the s-400 uses Chinese electronics 😂😂😂

[@shivay2k8]

@@samhussey7383 who told you your uigher freind from china...?

[@Achilles....]

Here comes the Rafale , it have bvr officially 140km, but beleive me many analysts says it quite large than it, before they attack Rafale can see them far from and can take them out,so Rafale, S400, Predator MQ 9B, Chinook, Brahmos these all along borders are real game changer.

[@ishansharda6202]

@@samhussey7383 did u also know russia stopped supplying china s400 and the supplied ones are of a lesss technology. but they are supplying india s400 openly

[@icesand8560]

S400 , AKASH NG Rafale ,Tejas AK 203 , sig 716 , M777 howitzer, k 90 vajra , Arjun mk1a, Apache , Chinook, INS vikrant Upcoming MQ9 , ghatak drone, AMCA , LCH , etc etc , now we are becoming much more stronger

[@timetherapy7000]

And dont forget to mention that China says that india already have purchased s300 from Russia secretly in past and have deployed it near lac according to Chinese national newspaper

[@ppen8359]

Strategically, these assests make India weak because they cannot be integrated. F-21, PAC-3, THAAD that would be much more lethal that what India has right now.

[@timetherapy7000]

@@ppen8359 don't know about it brother what could it do in real time condition

[@ppen8359]

@@ameykanitkar5399 The simple answer is NO. Politicians take these decisions and they go for the cheapest system available. Their decisions put Indian soldiers at risk. India does not have anything like Pentagon where you take strategic acquisition decisions. India says we bought Russian equipment so now we will buy more Russian. Just look at NATO, they corporate on hardware networking capabilities so that they can fight as a team. There is no country that mixes hardware. Pakistan comes close but that is only because US is not selling anything to Pak.

[@ppen8359]

@@timetherapy7000 S-400 is the best when only Pakistani planes are flying and Indian planes are sitting in hangers. If you mix Pakistan planes and Indian planes then in real time conditions, S-400 will shoot them all.

[@AkashKumar-vc4nt]

S400 which is worlds best air defence weapons when combined with india's indigenous swordfish radar of 1500 km range along with numerous other air defence system with act as a strong shield.

[@joem0088]

Complete waste of money. S400 is vulnerable to Chinese hypersonic missiles and HGVs. Its main radar's signal makes for perfect target and once gone the whole regiment is useless. S400 is perfect for Russia air defence against NATO which has a lot of F35 and cruise missiles but no hypersonic missiles. India's air defense problem is totally different. Consolation for India is S400 threatens Pak, unless Pak-China fight together on 1 front, or if China give Pak hypersonic missiles.

[@mayavi93]

@@joem0088 what do you think prevents hypersonic attacks?

[@joem0088]

@@mayavi93 Abishek, they invented it to be unstoppable. I heard a Lockheed Martin CEO gave a talk about what a HS missile or HGV intercepting system might look like but he said that it was going to be really really hard. And don't forget HGVs will not be 1 per target. For targets like a carrier, several HGVs will will come for it. But nobody can say it'll be unstoppable in 10y times ...

[@mayavi93]

@@joem0088 damn, does USA have such hypersonic weapons ?

[@colinf.1198]

@@joem0088 vulnerable to also low flying aircraft, and small drones like the Switchblade.

[@ankushdoshi8947]

30 predator drones order to avoid the sanctions looks like a good deal to me

[@user-ho4dh5is4j]

🤣🤣👌👌👏👏

[@sharthakghosh970]

Haven't Americans done the greatest marketing of the s-400 ?, By vehemently opposing it be it turkey or india

[@ppen8359]

If you ever try to help fools they think that by denying your advice they are smarter. US asked Turkey and India not to buy because US has sanctioned Russia, but Indians thought that US is afraid of S-400 and bought it. Well, it is not the best system by any means. American Patriots PAC-3 and THAAD are more advanced hit-to-kill systems and US SM6 missile is more advanced than S-400 missiles. S-400 is not a bad system and may be it is best value because it costs less, but it does not give India any particular strategic advantage because it has cons as well. S-400 cannot be integrated with Indian Rafales and many other planes.

[@rohit-mohanta]

@@ppen8359 Source : Trust me bro

[@sharthakghosh970]

@@ppen8359 the US was wary of it, they kicked turkey out of the F35 program because they didn't want their jsf anywhere near the s-400, they were afraid that the system would gather electronic data from the F35. So sanctions weren't the only thing, if sanctions were the sole reason then every purchase would fall under that purview but clearly that's not the case

[@Grizzlyx9]

@@sharthakghosh970 yah Russian eu use the s400 system to spy and collect data

[@abdulrahamanashraffi4866]

@@ppen8359 if USA is best then why is barking,in Saudi every defence of USA failed,see there oil field, airport,many targeted by drones by houthi

[@goldcoasttime]

I'm Australian and I agree, buy the best system you can get S400, S500 and beyond, go India.

[@joem0088]

Complete waste of money. S400 is vulnerable to Chinese hypersonic missiles and HGVs. Its main radar's signal makes for perfect target and once gone the whole regiment is useless. S400 is perfect for Russia air defence against NATO which has a lot of F35 and cruise missiles but no hypersonic missiles. India's air defense problem is totally different. Consolation for India is S400 threatens Pak, unless Pak-China fight together on 1 front, or if China give Pak hypersonic missiles.

[@shedfur]

@@joem0088 ok joe

[@masumabid4883]

Chinese are not sitting there sucking their thumbs. They will pay Russians $1.5B to secretly buy "Friend and Foe" code used by the Indian S-400 missile system. Once the Chinese has this "Friend and Foe" code acquired from the Russians the Indian S-400 might be completely useless. I strongly believe that Chinese has their game plan in place to pacify Indian S-400 and remove any threat from these S-400 systems.

[@shedfur]

@@masumabid4883 Is that what your masters told you?

[@Achilles....]

India bought 5 units/regiments of S400 and each unit/regiment have 2 battries, so overall India have array of 5000 missiles of which 70% are of long range (400km) , can easily take down hostile aircraft , drone, Cruise missile in beyond Loc and Lac, That's why S400 is game changer.

[@VermaRajinder]

It is only a game changer if we have the will to use this equipment !!! Else its like family silver - a pain that has to be polished regularly !!! Is the rising confidence of the political dispensation indicative of our intension to use this Equipment???

[@joem0088]

Complete waste of money. S400 is vulnerable to Chinese hypersonic missiles and HGVs. Its main radar's signal makes for perfect target and once gone the whole regiment is useless. S400 is perfect for Russia air defence against NATO which has a lot of F35 and cruise missiles but no hypersonic missiles. India's air defense problem is totally different. Consolation for India is S400 threatens Pak, unless Pak-China fight together on 1 front, or if China give Pak hypersonic missiles.

[@joem0088]

@THE HINDU The Hindu, no one can argue with religious fanaticism. They have their gods on their side and are always right. I save my time. Cheers.

[@robertlangley687]

Yet it always gets slagged off and disrespected.

[@tommyrottn]

The math in the video is incorrect. Each launcher has 4 tubes. Each Battery has 8 launchers. Each unit has 2 batteries. 5 units were purchased. 4x8x2x5 = 320 total tubes

[@nisit12341]

After BJP came into power lots of work happening in this area.NEVER vote for congress ever

[@drarunaj]

Never ever... Will vote only for a party who puts National intrest and security first.

[@keshav4408]

Hats off to PM modi ji to give our defence the weapons they need by over Riding pressure from THE USA

[@c47tejassamant66]

Bro aisa mt kaho. Nahi toh librals tumhe bhala bura keh denge.

[@rakeshpatil7]

@Abhinav shekhar gupta himself big librandu, modi hater.

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

And killing farmers!

[@abdulrahamanashraffi4866]

Hats off to our defence personnel who planning,our nuclear scientist,Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for missiles,our space program,long years ago, you bhakt pls come out of what's app University

[@krr3502]

@@abdulrahamanashraffi4866 so here comes the pork 😋 The way you say we don't need to prove our loyalty towards country to anyone the same way we Indians don't think we need to prove our love towards our very own Dr Apj abdul kalam sir . Go have sleep madarsa chap

[@biswsjitbordoloi4329]

S400 will bring strategic balance between India, Pakistan and China in two front war scenario... It will deter PAF atleast...

[@MohammedShafiq-id5ov]

Pak and china already have tactics to overcome S400 secondly remember in cyber warfare and electronic comms warfare china is ahead of everyone they will disrupt S400 easily they even had a significant hand in the electronics of S400 Russians confirmed this

[@ranjanpal663]

@@MohammedShafiq-id5ov as if we don't know that... We are not sleeping either you should know india produce lakhs of engineer every year many of thm leading top companies of world it's just we lack proper infrastructure

[@xoxo49999]

Abdali ghaznavi make their own way

[@sibashishpaul6681]

There will be no strategic balance between india and pakistan after S400. India will be strategically ahead of pakistan. The sheer threat of S400 reach will create nervousness in PAF when they fly in battle engagement.

[@superman-sw4jg]

@@MohammedShafiq-id5ov yes offcourse pakistan is the no 1 army and ISI is the world's no 1 spy agency and nuclear riyasat and riyasat e pudina oh sorry madina

[@Mk-ko6ot]

This can give air defense to balochistan if deployed in gujrat😂. It has so much range

[@ppen8359]

That 400 KM missile can only shoot down transport planes or slow-moving targets that are less manoeuvrable. A Mach 15 missile is not going to be able to strike manoeuvrable target. Also, a powerful radar means S-400 cannot hide and it is a easy target for anti-radiation missiles.

[@abdulrahamanashraffi4866]

Brother it is for china line not side of cockroaches,you bhakt

[@danyalkhan1347]

And we have the software technology to jam it 😂😂 Do you even know how these things work?????? It can never intercept Abdali missiles , google it and come up with a technical answer

[@khalidmasood588]

This man Shekhar Gupta is a hell of a storyteller. As and when I click some of his videos, he successfully captures my attention and I am mesmerized. I watched almost all his videos and I admire his preparations as well as the way he talks so candidly. Though I had watched this video a long time back, I watched it again this morning.

[@chiragagarwal1765]

Credit to the Modi Govt. where it's due. The Military modernisation and command integration is a need for india and this govt. is taking care of that need very seriously unlike the self declared gandhi family.

[@sekhariyer3980]

Sorry it’s Nehru family ...... Baniya master politician Gandhi has just given his name to Feroze Khan to avoid Muslim name to Indira Nehru.

[@chiragagarwal1765]

@@sekhariyer3980 The term "Self declared " that I used as a prefix before Gandhi Family is intended for that. And Yep "Baniya" is Me, 😂 or Iyer Idlli😂, just kidding... I ❤️ Shreyas Iyer "the cricketer"

[@sanjeevlochan4204]

When it comes to defence reporting, print is always spot on.

[@yorisingrango9837]

The Russian protect their S400 with Pantsir S1, Tor, MANPADS and other point defence systems against smaller weapons such as drones, cruise missiles and loitering munitions. India needs to form a layered air defence shield to protect its airspace. S400 as a single system can be countered and overwhelmed by China.

[@shubham5144]

He mentioned this thing. Didn't you see manpad in video, this thing is in india since long ago

[@ziaushshams8840]

Shubham: Are you suggesting to spend more money on defense? What will happen to your pauperised citizens who go hungry at bedtimes?

[@shubham5144]

@@ziaushshams8840 ohh another pakistani. Matlab tum logo k paas itna faltu time kaise hota hai. M kya bol raha hu tu kya likh raha hai, bhai thoda relevant comment dala karo.

[@ziaushshams8840]

@@shubham5144 I am from Dhaka. Muslim name make you crazy right? Mind you: you people have been made civilized by the Muslim rulers- mainly by the Mughals. The dress that you put on, the food that you eat, the music that you listen to , even the language by which you communicate with each other ( mainly in the North India ) emanate from the Mughals who happened to be Muslims. Now your "India" -a name given to Mughal Hindustan by the imperialist- has reduced Muslims into fourth class citizens toiling under the majority population never seen before in the contemporary history of Hindustan. Keep enjoying the torture mitigated to your citizens only because the profess the great religion of Islam. Your days are numbered.

[@shubham5144]

@@ziaushshams8840 mr shams I got you. I read your last three comments on this channel and you are a part of some organization's propaganda machine, which is okay. Look man your comments clearly shows that these are part of some propaganda, they don't look natural. I simply can't have discussion with you. You win. You are peeche wala ched okay. Shams for PM. Vote for Shams.

[@cyrilmathew4136]

5:45 There seems to be something wrong with the arithmetic calculation about how many tubes per battery. As per the information that you've provided each battery has 2 battalions and each battalion has 8 launchers and each launcher has 4 tubes. Hence no. of tubes per battery should be = 2 battalions x 8 launchers x 4 tubes = 64 tubes. Please correct me if I'm wrong Guptaji.

[@itsrocketscience9795]

smaller 100km range missiles can be quadpacked in one missile tube . large missiles of 450 km 1 per tube.so max 256 and min 64

[@cyrilmathew4136]

@@itsrocketscience9795 Okay. So there can be max. 256 missiles per battery. But there will still be only 64 tubes. Right?

[@itsrocketscience9795]

@@cyrilmathew4136 yes ,most probably there will be a mix of missiles for example= 2 long range in 2 tubes, 1 medium range in one tube and 4 short range in 1 tube

[@Avtr3]

Generally, Each Regiment has 4 Batallions, Each Batallion has 8 (8-9) Launchers, Each Launcher has 4 Tubes, Thus, 4*8*4 = 128. (Regiment Composition depends on India)

[@Sam-os1lt]

@@Avtr3 that is incorrect

[@FielValeryRTS]

Years ago US told Libya not to buy defense system from Russia, in exchange of US not attacking. After being told that so many times, Ghadaffi believed it for once, and look what happened.

[@sanjeevdeb2817]

Wise decision by India to stick to its guns and go ahead with this all important deal even at the risk of irking its new found strategic partner - USA..... The stellar aspect of Modi's diplomatic and military outreach has been the willingness to engage with various (sometimes opposing ) power axes and the stern resolve not to put all its eggs in one basket..... So India has the advantage of COMCASA, a steady supply of modern hi tech Chinooks, Apaches, Globemasters from the U.S while opening up to the French Rafales along with the Russian S 400 now ... A happy situation to be in , without getting on the wrong side of either bloc Well done Modi and team👍👍

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

And killing farmers in India. Yeah, stellar leader.

[@bijoykn]

You forgot to mention China has already purchased this system from Russia.

[@sreenivasanramanujam]

They have S-300 and they were not allowed to procure due to them not signing missile treaty ..

[@sreenivasanramanujam]

They were not allowed to procure S-400

[@rks2366]

1. S 400 2.Rafael aircraft 3. Tejas aircraft 4. Vikrant aircraft carrier 5.Shakti anti satelite missile 6.Chinuk helicopter 7.Apache attack helicopter 8.Bhishma tank 9.Nuclear submarine (4) under project 75 10. Nag, Surya , Prithvi V missile 11. NAVIK GPS system These are some major development in defence sector under Modi government in last 7 year.

[@suryabhaktakarn448]

👍

[@tanmaydeshpande9198]

Add to that Ordnance factory reform

[@shouryasanjeev9284]

@@tanmaydeshpande9198 honestly the most important thing in the long run. As someone who had to deal with those damad babaus, I say good riddance.

[@biswsjitbordoloi4329]

I don't think s400 will work alone.. It will be integrated with AKASH QRSAM, MRSAM and LRSAM.

[@supriyo1391]

Xrsam likely in future.

[@himanshushekhar4177]

Yup. Multi layer.... What we call

[@itsrocketscience9795]

BMD shield too

[@nikhil096]

1 Battery = 2 Battalions, 1 Battalion = 8 Launchers, 1 Launcher = 4 Tubes... Therefore, 1 Battery = 64 Tubes... 5 Batteries = 320 Tubes. isn't it?

[@VermaRajinder]

India uses .... Regiment which has 2 Batteries .... We need not necessarily use the same configuration as the Soviets. So what we get or buy is our not so straightforward to derive !!!

[@MsRaja1021]

Exactly, as per the information provided the host, his final calculation seems to be incorrect. Or I missed something to understand it properly?

[@NilanjanGhosh]

This video is very informative. We need journalism like this in the mainstream media.

[@dhcportlouis6070]

Great episode! So dense and rich on information and analysis. This is real media. Great work guys!

[@vikalppandey3925]

So one battery has two battalions. Each battalion has 4 launchers with each launcher having 8 tubes. That makes the number of tubes as 64 in a battery. How did it become 256 tubes in one battery in his calculation then?

[@akshaykadam1742]

Right...

[@phillmaf7319]

Maybe he meant 64 launchers with 3 refill missiles per launcher ?

[@vinayjayakeerthi]

India has ordered 5 batteries

[@salman501]

Taklay ka dimag fir gaya hai,

[@AngelssharE]

Your content and research is nothing but pure gold. I have been looking for the S-400 battery formation details since tje time the deal was signed in 2018 and I found it here. Thanks for enlightening us.

[@ppen8359]

He makes mistakes all over the place. First he calls US an ally. No, India and US are not allies. Second, he calls S-400 is the best system. Sorry, it is not the best system. It is probably the best value and it is certainly not better than THAAD. American defense systems use less radiation power so that they are difficult to detect. As a result, US air defenses are more accurate and strike targets at shorter ranges. That 600 KM radar is an absolutely foolish idea because if you see 600 KMs away then enemy can get your location from that distance as well. For American air defenses, you really have to come close to detect them.

[@dredercollen4919]

Seems you don't what is Google to praise this KhanCross slave, Gupta

[@joem0088]

Complete waste of money. S400 is vulnerable to Chinese hypersonic missiles and HGVs. Its main radar's signal makes for perfect target and once gone the whole regiment is useless. S400 is perfect for Russia air defence against NATO which has a lot of F35 and cruise missiles but no hypersonic missiles. India's air defense problem is totally different. Consolation for India is S400 threatens Pak, unless Pak-China fight together on 1 front, or if China give Pak hypersonic missiles.

[@ppen8359]

@@joem0088 Cruise missiles are more dangerous than hypersonic missiles. The problem with hypersonics is that while they are manuverable, they are not as manuverable as cruise missiles because they need to maintain speed. Hypersonic weapons are also launched by ICBM type launch pads and can be detected. And who says NATO does not have hypersonic missiles? A missile travelling more than 5 Mach is not that difficult to make. With F-35s, these missiles will be launched from planes and not from ground like in case of Russia and China. This makes NATO hypersonic missiles more dangerous.

[@joem0088]

@@ppen8359 D21 and DF17/ZF are launched from trucks launchers. DF21d can be launched from planes, usually an H6 bomber because of size. The hypersonic is not just about speed, but about mode of op. It's usually 2 stages with dramatically differenet characteristics. Cruise missile is single stage at any speed. NATO has many high speed missiles but nothing inducted in service classified as hypersonic yet. Cheers.

[@pavanmuli3115]

Kudos to the strategic establishment in Delhi for not buckling under pressure of Pentagon and asserting its strategic autonomy. Considering the volatile security situation in the region and especially our borders, induction of S-400 would be shot in the arm of the Airforce. That said, USA must also realize that its military objectives are being fulfilled even without CAATSA Act. As per SIPRI report 2020 arms imports by India decreased by 33 per cent between 2011-15 and 2016-20 leadding to Russia being the most affected supplier.

[@wilsonsensei2445]

We should always remember that India is a Strategic partner of US and not a NATO ally. NATO's task was to counter ussr, that time is long gone

[@ConsiderTheCrows]

Threat is still there.

[@wilsonsensei2445]

@@ConsiderTheCrows agreed but not as much as it used to br in cold war era

[@vardh]

Mr Gupta, I imagined the scenarios while listening to you and what I got is a mix of adrenaline rush and application of tactical mindset simultaneously. Thank you for talking on this subject. :) Best wishes💫💫 Edit: A question: How difficult is it for the enemy country to identify where these massive missile machines have been placed owing to the facts that: 1.these would be moved anywhere through the land route; and 2.the enemy satellites can have a comprehensive view of any movements over the land within our country. I hope you see this comment Thanks!

[@GauravSokhi]

Was waiting for this episode for a while now, thanks for the same.

[@nicpirate007]

1#. BMD capability should be a non-kinetic solution. Kinetic BMD option can be saturated. 2#. S400 has to be complemented by a short range system like QRSAM or Pantsir or Barak 1. 3#. These batteries has to be networked to other ground based and airborne radars. 4#. More AWACS/AEW and ISTAR aircraft

[@skanthaadsigns]

History shows that America does not standy its allies long term, however with Russia, they have long term commitments without creating a R.AUKUS among partners. In that sense, wisdom is in need in decision making

[@ppen8359]

Does not make any sense. No alliance in the world has any meaning if there is no USA in it. We have seen how great an ally Russia was during the recent war of Armenia.

[@daddydeadpool9871]

Japan , south korea , Taiwan , Saudi Arabia would beg to differ

[@nandhannandhan8155]

Rusia was dump their dust weapons in to India.i mean not all like mig fighters

[@nanusingh2278]

@@ppen8359 ask Armenia why were they moving to conduct talks for NATO and all other stuff.

[@rameshcherry9749]

Brahmos + s400 + Rafael jets + agni v missile = deadly combination for india to counter our soo called iron brothers 🇨🇳🐷🐖🤣......

[@marksixtusdakota376]

I think people who are beneficiary on this are people who have been on ot before now. I dont know when newbies like us will get the profits and made more money at this times

[@GururajBN]

Excellent Mr. SG!👌You have explained a lot of nitty gritty details about the new toy. I wish that you could have also explained why the US sees read in S400 system? Surely india is not about to shoot down an American target? I suspect that it is a case of frustration about a missed opportunity for marketing their own toy to India. Pure business reason. American government is the biggest marketing agent of weapons in the world. India has acted in its best interests.👍

[@chandymohapatra]

Very well articulated ! Right amount of info only you can do it ..

[@ashusingh84]

@19:00 - the S400 missiles don't travel at mach 14, they are capable of engaging targets moving at Mach 14....

[@ShivShankarRama]

Yes I m a defense nerd . Thank you . 4 mentioning me .

[@vinodpanchpal253]

The USP of your articles is the lucid and Layman way you explain it Sir.

[@jackshrimp]

I just want to thank SG for enlightening us on so many varied subjects in such a simple way

[@felixguerrero6062]

India is probably pursuing the most sensible military procurement strategy of any country...Best of all world. Now long-term there should be plans to develop their own military industrial complex. Kudos.

[@dukhi_aatma372]

I too have ordered S-400 system from Amazon. Hopefully I'll receive them in 2 days (as promised by Amazon Prime). It'll help me deal with those annoying pigeons ruining my balcony.

[@kunti_putra]

I placed my ordered directly with Putin. He whatsapp'd me that it'll be installed by Friday this week. Much before India gets it. So excited!! 🤩

[@leemafashion6628]

@Nagma but that is not authentic Russian version.Cheap Chinese copy can Toy sold in Alibaba.

[@varunyadav011]

The line shoot & scoot was not used for bofors but for Scud missiles during Desert storm 1, by the SAS as they had missions to find and blow up the scuds

[@prashanthv9241]

Very good explanation for layman . Thank you SG Sir 🙏🏼

[@vedantmehra6970]

After a long time a really good detailed vlog from the print, great stuff

[@kallachi729]

Thank you The Print for bringing out the complexities of advance weapon systems to the public. They should know as the information is available in public but they have no time to pursue. But yes, it is good they know. Thank you. Tail piece: The cats law may not work for long as many Nations are breeding a variety of canines!

[@uditadhikari8253]

I think you multiplied the number of launch tubes per launcher twice. I think you meant the total fire-ready missiles per battery = No. of Battlions * No. of Launchers/battlion * No. of Launch tubes/ Launcher = 2 * 8 * 4 = 64. I would be curious to know about the 256 number. Maybe there is something more to this.

[@manur8771]

Your videos are pure gold. 👍👍👍 Awesome explanation.

[@anant1985]

US had once sent it's aircraft carrier fleet against India to protect pakistan, it is also believed that when porkistan acquired nuclear US did not apposed, And now see America has come to know the real value of India. But we should never ditch Russia and France who stood always with India with Us.

[@dilly-2-philly841]

Shekhar Ji, kindly do a segment on analyzing the post-Balakot air skirmish.

[@striker44]

Need to build an ecosystem and a strong supply chain (parts) protecting and supporting these assets. Disjointed assets also need to be integrated and operationally maintained and upgraded over time. I am sure the Indian government with the joint forces is architecting a layered approach to tightly coupled yet agile, modular defense system.

[@Rudra-991]

I really admired Shekhar ji when he said he doesn't wish to know how many india has ordered. Even if he knew, he wouldn't discuss. He very clearly understands what is sensitive and needs caution, unless other media who start howling on such issues.

[@jayaramaguntupalli355]

Clear, precise, and balanced presentation of a complex subject.

[@gautamsawhny6246]

In the absence of upgrading our Fighters this will be a good defensive option

[@rishabhsarda7205]

I think you can be a bit large hearted in praising the govt and its diplomatic efforts to evade the sanctions.. it took much more than just the 2016, 2017 argument that you made.

[@khargeswarbaro1291]

Long after seen you Sekharji. Good very good explained about S 400.

[@magellanmax]

Hats off to the Indians for standing firm on the fact that the S-400 deal was signed before CAATSA law was signed into effect. It's no wonder they have overtaken the French in the global financial hierarchy. France had a completed deal for the Mistral ships with the Russians but got pressured into backing out and years later got screwed out of a lucrative submarine deal with the Aussies.

[@Avtr3]

3:11 - S400 is not comparable to America THAAD. THAAD is Used & More Suitable for Interception of Ballistic Missiles and S400 is more Suitable for Interception of Targets like Jets, Long Range Drones & Cruise Missiles etc. S400 is Comparable to Patriot PAC-3

[@ppen8359]

Good job! But S-400 is not comparable to Patriot PAC-3 either. Patriot PAC-3 is more advanced than S-400 because it uses hit-to-kill technology. Because it is advanced it does not have a rotating radar. S-400 is still primitive. The American comparable missile to S-400 missiles is SM-6 as it uses a warhead. However, SM6 is also more advanced because it can do 3 things. Air to air, air to ground and also anti-ship. American air defences are more advanced than S-400.

[@ricb.7067]

@@ppen8359 & look into Saudi Arabia they are putting there US missile on the trashcan. it can not event intercept the most primative Yemen drones & rockets.

[@ppen8359]

@@ricb.7067 If you use Patriots or S-400 to intercept drones then you have failed already. It would be stupid to use a $100,000+ missile to take out $2,000 drone. And no, Saudis are not putting anything US in trashcan. If anything they used US equipment to secure the area from drones. That attack cannot be repeated. Yamen is welcome to try.

[@Traveler_diary]

@@ppen8359 s 400 is world's most advanced, nothing is even close to it on this planet. Even USA admit this fact, if you want to know the uselessness of thaad then go back to Cuban Missile crisis, thaad and patriot is trash

[@ppen8359]

@@Traveler_diary THAAD and Patriot PAC-3 are hit to kill technology which is more advanced than war head used by S-400. Russia is trying to get that technology in its S-500. Also, America won Cuban missile crisis. I do not think you know what you are talking about.

[@xero0ne1]

"A lot of people operating our missile systems now are women." -Shekhar Gupta, 2021

[@ameetasingh6960]

Shekhar you made an all round effort to explain and did it well. All these are very complex Equipments and to explain it is a difficult exercise made easy by you. 👍

[@joem0088]

S400 and even S500 is not a land border game changer for India. In 2017 the US launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles to hit Syrian Shayrat Airfield in syn, at various targets in the same airfield. The same tactic with all missiles aiming at a S400 or S500 main radar and control units arriving at different angles would have taken them out because inferior missiles have vast numerical superiority. Not to mention precision ground artillary attacks in addition.

[@ROSHANYADAV-bq1pt]

2 battaliaon = 16 launchers = 16×4 tubes = 64 tubes.

[@sibashishpaul6681]

Absolutely correct

[@harshitsrivastava6387]

5 regiment hongi

[@rashedzaman990]

I think for these weapon systems to be truly effective in the battlefields, a complete defense satellite system is not only a prerequisite but also essential. Just buying a piece of the system do not give any guarantee that there is an absolute protection available against enemy incoming targets.

[@tanmaypoddar7518]

Recently our rustom 2 drone showcased its automatic landing and launch capabilities using our own gagan satellite

[@kaaaah2003]

@Game Play Hindi Chinese have technology to jam S400 radar system. Nothing is absolute 💯 .They are growing fast in electronic warfare. Time will test S400.

[@subh510]

@@kaaaah2003 abdul come with real id....loser....

[@kaaaah2003]

@@subh510 Khondokar Anurudha....Lol ...pissed off?

[@kaaaah2003]

@Game Play Hindi U r from 2nd India who goes for open defecation and gaomutre. PAF used this electronic warfare in Balakot retaliatory attack after screwing your radar system that lead to friendly fire and downing of IAF own helicopter. Listen carefully your radar operator saying they can't see clearly and distinction b/w friend & foe. Beware PAF is after Rafael and air craft carrier...... U won't be able to hide it anymore.

[@karthikreddyb3232]

The way you explain is like professor explaining to students. Great work sir. Keep up the great research work on topics you discuss.

[@nadeemkhanmd58]

Hold the hands of this man and I am sure he will not be able to utter a word.

[@jawaharlalbansal1062]

After a long time relevant topic discussion.

[@shekharonmail2007]

First it’s not F6 fighter plane it’s F16 and the missiles are not more expensive than the F16

[@Random-de8kn]

Totally How many Missiles we will get? Pls anyone explain

[@adarshraj4530]

V well explained sir! 🤝

[@rishabh8766]

what kind of math is this? 16 launchers per battery, 4*16=64 missiles. 64 missiles per battery not 256!

[@GauravSokhi]

Humble mistake.

[@runwild8624]

Because each launcher has 4 tube thus making it 256 launch per battery.

[@veeraswamyamara189]

Many students of mine regularly attend Shekhar Guptha's Sir analysis regularly who succeeded in UPSC exams...

[@Maharashtra_Premi]

Good my disciple...

[@AbhirupSen20]

Which surface to air system did we have prior

[@jaigurudevkishorekumar]

Your prep of the subject of the day is exemplary, Shekhar

[@timetraveler7533]

S400 is brilliant military technology make India's defence more stronger 🇮🇳🙏

[@keertinarayannanjudayya1281]

Always we wish Modiji to take all precautions to eleminate bad evils

[@poras1513]

Enjoyed watching it... ❣️🙌🏻🤩

[@sbanavasi]

Well explained. In addition, India can aspire to have a robust ballistic missile defense system supported by Rafael fighter aircrafts, Tejas and to see that Abhinandan Varthaman type of situations do not occur again

[@dipupaul3908]

Also waiting for XRSAM !!!

[@samsujzaman9624]

Beautifully explained by Dear Shekhar Ji. Thank you. God bless🤲🏻

[@indranipandey]

Is it a similar system as Iron Dome?

[@sumanmikhail]

Sir a small correction.India is getting 5 Regiments of S-400,each regiment will have 2 battalions and each battalion will have 8 launchers.So,2 battalions will have 16 launchers and every launcher has 4 tubes.So,in all,we will have 10 battalions or 80 launchers in total as of now.Now each launcher has 4 tubes and each tube can launch multiple missiles barring the 400 km range one which needs one whole tube to accommodate.

[@ivihari]

In my view these 5 regiments will be deployed in 1, KASHMIR 2, LADHAK 3, NEW DELHI 4, MUMBAI 5, CHICKEN NECK

[@sukuvar]

why chicken neck .. ? THis is a air defese system ..

[@anikasrivastava3320]

Not in ladakh.... Kashmir regiment can look after it.. Maybe deployed in South

[@advaityachandhoke1406]

3 faults- 1. Kashmir & Ladakh don't require 2 separate Regiments. 1 Regiment is more than sufficient & covers the entire area due to it's huge coverage range. 2. Now if this system is being brought to close the Pakistan airspace incase of hostilities, you will most likely have to place one in Rajasthan. In your analysis the whole Rajasthan & Gujarat would have remained open for Pak Airforce to enter. 3. Mumbai might or might not get it because of 2 reasons- A. Mumbai doesn't have a direct threat of enemy Aircrafts entering due to it being quite far from China & even Pakistan. Plus since incase of any hostilities with Pak, the whole Navy including one Aircrafts Carrier fleet would be deployed in Arabian Sea, Pak won't dare to send it's fighters to attack Mumbai. B. Mumbai only has threat from Ballistic missiles, that too only of ranges above a 1000 kns from Pakistan & above 2000 kms from China. To protect Mumbai, our own Ballistic Missile Shield would be more than enough. It too consists of a 4 layered structure as of now (although the largest tier I.e Prithvi Mk2 is under testing) Our indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence Shield is structured like this- A. Prithvi Mk2 B. Prithvi Mk1 C. Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) D. Advanced Air Defence (AAD) S 400 although can help Strike Ballistic missiles but it's main role would be to take on enemy Aircrafts, Drones, Refuellers & AWACS etc. In my opinion S 400 would be part of Ballistic Missile Defence Shield but would be used in Primary theatres (where threat is ultimate) i.e close to China & Pakistan border- 1. 3 Regiments across the Western & Northern Theatre combined to protect the states. 1 Regiments if placed strategically can protect Punjab, J&K, Ladakh & Himachal. Remaining 2 Regiments in Rajasthan & Gujarat. 2. 1 Regiment in New Delhi which will also cover Uttarakhand Region 3. 1 in North East (Can be Guhawati)- You require a Central place from where you can defend both Silliguri & Sikkim border as well as Arunachal Frontier.

[@sanjaycharan4682]

@@advaityachandhoke1406 😀👍👍 thaks for explaining ❤️

[@advaityachandhoke1406]

@@sanjaycharan4682 Your welcome!

[@danapeck5382]

Thanks! Nice to hear an S-400 description that doesn't sound like it came from Raytheon's public relations department. Also, I suspect Admiral Cebrowski would have liked your netcentric reference.

[@kiritpatel8202]

Shekhrji, your analysis independent, honest and professional 👌

[@user474u]

Are bhai kab milega ye saman ye to bataye nehi. Kabtak mil jayga?

[@barryharry2575]

At 13:47 you mentioned "shoot and scoot" when comparing the Russian S-400 surface to air missile system (SAM) to conventional artillery systems As a former machine gunner in the artillery (105 mm and 155 mm guns) I remember this well. We were always shooting and scooting. Firing off rounds and moving away constantly. Hit and run. But what makes these mobile missile systems (which are part of the family of rocket and artillery weapons, including air defense artillery) so very lethal is their advanced radar and target acquisition systems. I'm not so sure but I would say that the US THAAD radar/acquisition and the Russian S-400 radar/acquisition systems are nearly equal in their capabilities. I don't know. Just my opinion. NOTE: India is a strategic ally of the US and Russia is a strategic ally of China. India and China have been engaged in cross border skirmishes for some time now. In addition, the US and China have been engaged in a trade war. What happens if a full-scale conflict were to erupt and the Indians attempted to use the S-400 missiles (that they just purchased from Russia) against China and the radar and targeting systems fail all of a sudden? Remember the story of the Trojan Horse? Just a thought.

[@DhruvSoni-lb7nf]

China also has the s400..... So you mean to say that china may hack the radar systems ?😯

[@byron-ih2ge]

Russia's number 1 defense partner is india not china.Russia always remains neutral when it comes to india-china conflict..

[@karanp3471]

@@DhruvSoni-lb7nflol stop bullshit and point 2 Russia is temporary friend . dont forget russia almost nuked china in 1960s . you dont have any strategic knowledge

[@stairwaytoheaven1719]

India has not been offered THAAD ,US is not interested to sell high end systems to India, they are still waiting for India to buy F16 and then only they will offer better weapons

[@karanp3471]

@@stairwaytoheaven1719 stfu we don't even have an ecosystem to buy f35 we don't need f35 or f22 we are making AMCA

[@Akhilkumar0024]

India would have bought THAAD if it could have covered a wide range of threats like s400 unfortunately that's not the case

[@geetaliification]

Brilliant reporting as usual!! ❤️❤️❤️