India’s S-400 Launched Its Longest Range Missile While Repelling Pakistani Attack (Photos)

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India’s Russian-made S-400 air defense systems used their longest range missile, the 40N6, while repelling a Pakistani attack on the country’s northern and western regions over the night of May 7 and 8, according to photos posted to social networks.

The photos showed debris of the long-range anti-aircraft missile in an unspecified part of Pakistani territories. The 40N6 can engage aerial targets at an altitude of 30 kilometers with a maximum range of 380 kilometers. The missile is equipped with an active radar homing seeker.

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At the time of the Pakistani attack, Indian media confirmed that the country activated its S-400 systems to intercept multiple drones and missiles. Later, photos that surfaced online showed the debris of the 9M96E2 anti-aircraft missile, which can be fired by the system, inside Indian territories.

The missile, which is also equipped with an active radar homing seeker, can engage aerial targets at an altitude of 30 kilometers with a range of 120 kilometers.

India purchased four S-400 squadrons from Russia for $5.43 billion in 2018. Each squadron is composed of two batteries. Each battery, or firing unit, is equipped with six launchers, a radar and a control center with 128 missiles. A squadron has a total of 16 vehicles.

Under the deal, the country got 60 launchers with around 6,000 missiles including 9M96E2 and 40N6E, as well as 48N6E2 with a range of 200 kilometers and 48N6E3 with a range of 240 kilometers.

The 40N6 was most likely launched at a high-value target, either to intercept a heavy artillery rocket or even a ballistic missile.

It’s worth noting that India responded to the Pakistani attack by targeting air defenses in the east of the country with drones. Still, Pakistan launched another attack over the night of May 8 and 9. Indian air defenses reportedly intercepted 50 drones and eight missiles. It is unclear however if S-400 systems were used.

The April 22 terrorist attack on the resort town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir sparked a serious crisis between the two nuclear powers.

New Delhi claimed that the attackers had links to militant groups operating from Pakistan. Islamabad denied these accusations.

Indian retaliatory strikes against Pakistan killed 31 civilians, including women and children on May 7, according to Pakistani officials. Indian authorities said on the same day that Pakistani shelling killed at least 15 Indian civilians on the same day.

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