Remaining gap will be filled by LR and XR SAM. Which will be using learnings from our MRSAM project.
Yeah, we can drop the numbers of S-400s we need if our long range SAMs pan out. I'd definitely like to see indigenous solutions, but my post was about the benefit of long range SAMs in general, not the S-400 alone.
And no unlike the Russians use it , we won't be using it in a similar way. For them it's their primary, secondary and tertiary system.
Not the same for us.
That's now how they use it. The Russians use the S-300, S-350 and S-400 together. Along with Pantsir and Buk to protect them. It's a very complex IADS, and we are gonna follow suit.