WASHINGTON: Turkey's pending purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system presents a national security problem for NATO, which would not ...
WASHINGTON: Turkey's pending purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system presents a national security problem for NATO, which would not be able to deploy F-35 aircraft alongside the Russian systems, senior US officials said on Thursday .
"The gravity of the risk to the F-35 both to the United States and to NATO allies is such that the two systems cannot be co-located." The U.S. State Department last week said Washington had told Turkey that if it buys the S-400 systems, the United States will have to reassess Ankara's participation in the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter programme.Washington has sought to persuade Turkey to instead purchase the American-made Patriot defence system, but Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara remains committed to the deal for the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defence system.
The Turkish government has already missed a"soft deadline" set by Washington to decide whether to buy a US$3.5 billion Raytheon Co. Patriot missile shield system. The formal offer expires at the end of this month.
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