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- The United States has decided not to impose sanctions on India for purchasing S-400 missile systems from Russia.
- India is exempted from Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) now.
- Already, Turkey faced US sanctions under the law for purchasing S-400 from Russia.
- India had signed the $5 billion deal with Russia for purchase of five units of the S-400.
- The first unit has been handed over to the Indian Air Force and deployed along the Western front in the Punjab sector.
- The S-400 is a mobile long-range surface to air missile system.
- It is considered one of the most lethal in the world.
- It can take down multiple targets up to a range of 400 km.
- With four different kinds of missiles, it has beyond visual range capabilities.
- It can engage multiple targets, which includes tracking of 160 objects in a 600 km range and hit 72 targets up to 400 km.
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