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The Grand Turk
Understanding Turkey’s High Stakes F-35 Diplomatic Train Crash
2019-06-12
[Jpost] Ankara thinks it can wait out the Trump administration’s threats to unwind the program by 2020

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
is engaged in the one its most high stakes diplomatic standoffs in recent memory as it risks its part in the F-35 program amid an emerging alliance with Russia.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Until USGOV realizes that no part of the muzz world constitutes a viable ally, there will be pain and problems.
Posted by: Ebbomonter Tojo4037   2019-06-12 06:13  

#4  Pride, Fall.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-12 06:06  

#3  If they want the S-400 the hell with the bribe angle. Really!
Posted by: 3dc   2019-06-12 05:25  

#2  #1 With 3D printing and 6 axis milling what the hell does the plane need Turkey for?
Posted by: 3dc 2019-06-12 00:34


...The word 'bribery' comes to mind. Every nation in the F-35 program was given some kind of part to build, the same way the B-1 (and IIRC the -35 as well) has parts being made in every congressional district in the country.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-06-12 04:27  

#1  With 3D printing and 6 axis milling what the hell does the plane need Turkey for?
Posted by: 3dc   2019-06-12 00:34  

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