The S-400 Triumf

The S 400 Triumf

The S 400Triumf or Triumph (SA-21 Growler) is a long-range surface-to-air missile system, produced by Almaz-Antey. The principal distinctions between the S 400 and the S 300 in further refinements to the radar and software. The S 400 entered service with the Russian Armed Forces on April, 2007.

The S 400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler) is designed to engage : Electronic countermeasure, radar-picket, reconnaissance, tactical and strategic aircraft, tactical-range ballistic missiles, medium and theatre-range ballistic missiles and other current and future air attack assets at a maximum range of 400 km, and an altitude of up to 30 km. It can also detect B-2, F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft and other targets at all altitudes of their combat employment and at maximum ranges. This air defense missile system S 400 can simultaneously engage 36 targets.

The S 400 Triumph can destroy Tomahawk cruise missiles and other types of cruise missiles, including precision-guided ones, as well as AWACS and RC-135 aircraft, at ranges of up to 400 km.

A regular S 400 Triumf battalion consists of 8 launchers with 32 missiles and a mobile command post.

The S 400 Triumph can ready from deployed position : 3 min. To deploy system from traveling position to set system assets : 10 min.

S 400 Triumf Command post :

-The 55K6E command post is employed, carried by an 8 x 8 Ural 532301 truck. The command post is used to control air space surveillance data from each individual launcher vehicle. It controls and monitors long-range surveillance radar, tracks airborne threats, prioritizes the threats, and coordinates all batteries.

The 55K6E Command Post

S 400 Triumf Radars :

- The surveillance radar 64N6 Tombstone 3D or 96L6E 3D System.

- The 67N6 Gamma DE and 59N6 Protivnik GE in the L-band

- The 1L119 Nebo SVU in the VHF band. The Nebo SVU has a claimed capability against stealth aircraft.

96L6E

91N6E big bird

1L119 Nebo SVU

40V6MR

S 400 Triumf Missile launcher:

The S 400 Triumph with the truck 6x6 BAZ-64022 is a semi-trailer arrangement. The S 400 Triumph can be used with a semi-mobile package of towed trailer-mounted radars and missile. Each S 400 Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) has 4 missile containers; each container could house one 9M96 or 48N6E surface-to-air missiles.

S-400, Missile Launcher

S-400 Missiles

The S 400 missile has a maximum range of 400 km and can hit all air targets wit high accuracy.

-The 9M96E and 9M96E2 advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles designed to engage a wide range of aerodynamic and ballistic targets in the most severe clutter and jamming environments with unprecedented effectiveness. These missiles are able to intercept targets at a maximum speed of Mach 15 (5000 m/s) and at a maximum altitude of 35 km.

Range missile 9M96E : 40 km.

Range missile 9M96E2 : 120 km.

- The 48N6E missile of the S 300 PMU-1 system and the 48N6E2 missile of the S 300 PMU-2 system.

Range missile 48N6E : 150 km.

Range missile 48N6E2 : 200 km.

Range missile 9M83M/9M82M : 400 km.

S-400. Missiles

The S 400 Triumf Deals :

Russian president’s adviser on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin confirmed these reports :

-Turkish talks on the delivery of the S 400 systems first came in November 2016. In September 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara had signed a contract with Moscow on purchasing the S 400 complexes and made an advance payment, in July 2019, Russia has started the delivery of S 400 missile systems to Turkey.

-India and Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) for the supply of five S 400 anti-aircraft missile systems. On 5 October 2018, India and Russia signed a US $5.43 billion deal for five S 400 missile systems. The deliveries are expected to commence in 24 months, by the end of 2020.