Russian S-400 Missile Defense System Got Damaged By A Storm En Route To China

S-400 Russian Ministry of Defense

Business Insider/Reuters: A Russian S-400 missile defense system got damaged by a storm en route to China

* A storm has damaged parts of a Russian S-400 missile defense system as it was being shipped to China.
* The damaged components will be transported back to Russia for evaluation before being delivered to China at a later date.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A storm has damaged parts of a Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system while it was being shipped to China, RIA news agency said on Friday, quoting a Russian official.

China became the first foreign buyer of the system from Russia under a contract signed in 2014.

The vessel has brought back the damaged components to Russia's port of Ust-Luga for evaluation, Mariya Vorobyova, spokeswoman for the military and technical cooperation service told RIA.

They would be delivered to China at a later date, she said.

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Update #1: Components for Russian S-400 Defense Systems Damaged on Way to China - Moscow (Sputnik)
Update #2: Part of S-400 shipment to China damaged by storm (TASS)

WNU Editor:  Damaged during transit? And from a storm? Hmmmmm .....

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