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| The Grand Turk |
| US suspends F-35 deliveries to Turkey over Russian S-400 deal |
| 2019-04-02 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The United States has stopped shipping equipment related to the F-35 fighter jet to ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... . Washington’s move comes after Ankara insisted on purchasing the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Turkey has only received one unit of the fifth-generation fighter jet thus far. But all current and future shipments of equipment related to the aircraft have been halted, Pentagon said, unless Ankara gives up its commitment to take delivery of a Russian S-400 missile defense system. US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... signed a bill last year blocking the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, but the F-35 Joint Program Office said it would execute the transfer according to existing plans. Four US Senators introduced another bipartisan bill last week to prohibit the transfer until Ankara agrees to abandon the S-400 deal. A NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... ally of the US, Turkey was planning on ordering 100 F-35s, and had signed on to produce fuselage and other components for the next-generation aircraft. However, ars longa, vita brevis... US politicians moved to exclude Turkey from the program, fearing Turkey’s planned purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system could give the Russian system opportunity to learn how to track and spot the jet. At present, the deal remains on the table. "The contract with Russia on S-400s remains in force and these defensive systems will be delivered to Turkey. Now talks on this issue are underway," The first of four S-400 batteries will be delivered to Turkey this July. Washington has thus far failed to woo its NATO ally away from the Russian system and to Raytheon’s more expensive Patriot system. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Maybe this will be like England cancelling the sale of those two battleships to Turkey at the start of the First World War. |
| Posted by: Laurence 2019-04-02 14:07 |
| #1 Wonder if they will cut off power to our base again. At the very least John Kerry should fly over with James Taylor. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-04-02 09:35 |