Erdogan spoke about Turkey's plans to use the s-400
Turkey wants to start using the Russian "Triumph" in the spring, said the head of the country Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey wants to start using the Russian "Triumph" in the spring, said the head of the country Tayyip Erdogan.
first U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said that he had asked the Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu not to enter into service of Russian air defense system, the United States will not resort to sanctions.
Erdogan has tried to convince Washington to a balanced dialogue.
Deliveries of Russian anti-aircraft missiles to Turkey was launched on fifteen July. Then the head of the Republic called the s-400 the most powerful defense system in the world.
contract for 2, 5 billion dollars was concluded in 2017. Part of the agreement, Ankara will pay for itself, Part will cover the Russian loan.
Turkey became the third After Belarus and China, the country to which Moscow supplies " Triumphs ". In the near future they need to connect India.
The deal provoked an international scandal: the United States demanded to abandon it, and instead to buy them a Patriot.
in case of disagreement Washington has not ruled out the possibility to delay or even cancel the sale of Ankara's newest F-35 fighter, but Turkey did not want to make concessions.
As said Cavusoglu, After the summit of heads of States G20 in Osaka Japanese, the situation between the United States and Turkey became more intense.
S-400 "Triumph" is a modern long-range SAM designed to take down aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as among them, medium-range, can also be used against ground targets. Range up to 400 kilometers, it is capable to destroy targets at altitudes up to 30 kilometers.
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