S-400: How Russia’s Most Feared Air Defense System Broke an Alliance, Met Its Match in Ukraine, and Became a Bargaining Chip
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S-400: How Russia’s Most Feared Air Defense System Broke an Alliance, Met Its Match in Ukraine, and Became a Bargaining Chip
It never shot down an American aircraft, and it still ejected a NATO member from the West's flagship fighter program. As Moscow and Ankara negotiate its fate, the S-400's twenty-year story is closing where it broke open.
Ankara is attempting to resolve its conflict with Washington. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's team continues to work on the Russian S-400 air defense system. Ankara acknowledges that it is the key obstacle to the country's return to the F-35 fighter jet program. This was stated by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Turkish Minute. So far, Turkish authorities have neither confirmed nor denied rumors that An…
:: Arab Jerusalem: Turkey is moving towards abandoning the Russian air defence system (S-400) by transferring its ownership to a Gulf State, in a move that could end one of the most controversial arms deals in the last two decades. This complex process requires the prior approval and formal endorsement of both Moscow (manufacturing country) and Washington (which imposes sanctions on Ankara for the transaction).
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