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2019-09-16 The Grand Turk
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Turkey says delivery of second S-400 battery complete
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[NEWS.CGTN] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
's Defense Ministry said on Sunday that the delivery of a second battery of Russian S-400 missile defense systems has been completed as of Sunday, and added that the systems would become active in April 2020.
Ankara and Washington have been at loggerheads over Turkey's purchase of the S-400 systems, which the United States says are not compatible with NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
defenses and poses a threat to Lockheed Martin's F-35 "stealth" fighter jets.
The initial parts of the system were delivered to Ankara in July despite warnings about possible U.S. sanctions over the purchase. The United States has also expelled Turkey from the F-35 program, but Ankara has so far dismissed the warnings.
Do they know that S-400s are Gulenist?
In a statement, the Defense Ministry said the delivery of the second S-400 battery to Ankara was completed. Efforts to mount the systems and train personnel who will use them were continuing, it said, adding that it planned to activate the S-400s in April 2020.
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