Context
The first S-400 unit is likely to be delivered to India by the end of this year. However, the US $5.5bn deal for five long-range surface-to-air missile systems between India and Russia, to deter China, has another component—United States—as deliberations continue on whether New Delhi should get a waiver from the Countering American Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
Background
S-400 missile system
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Analysis
What is CAATSA?
Is US also concerned about the sanctions?
What justifies an exemption for India? (Thing US must remember)
How ‘dependent’ is India on Russia?
Why India ‘chooses’ Russia?
What if US actually put sanction on India?
Sanctions would:
Verifying, please be patient.