WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday (Apr 1) it was halting all deliveries and joint work with Turkey on the F-35 fighter jet programme ...
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it was halting all deliveries and joint work with Turkey on the F-35 fighter jet programme after the NATO ally insisted on a major purchase from Russia.
US officials have voiced concern that, with Turkey in both camps, Russia could obtain F-35 data to improve the accuracy of the S-400 against Western aircraft. Among the eight Turkish companies involved in the purchase, Ayesas has been building a panoramic cockpit display for the F-35 and Fokker Elmo makes 40 per cent of the electrical wiring and interconnection system, according to Lockheed Martin.The purchase of a Russian system is highly unusual for a member of NATO, the Western alliance forged to counter the Soviet Union.
Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travelled to Turkey, where Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu insisted that the S-400 purchase would go ahead.Hoping to offer an alternative, the United States last year approved the sale of Patriot missiles to Turkey - a deal to which Ankara said it was open.
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