Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Salman and S-400note

Saudi Vice-Minister of Defence Prince Salman Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz is said to have provided Saudi King Abdullah with a file about the Saudi-Russian contacts on a deal for the Russian-made S-400 air defence missile system. The following 428-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the Saudi-Russian contacts on the system and what about the Saudi appreciation of the system. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/16 – April 18, 2014)]