S-400 Triumph © Sergey Malgavko / Sputnik
CNBC: Turkey has until next month to cancel a messy multibillion-dollar Russian arms deal or face harsh US penalties
* Turkey has a little more than two weeks to decide whether to complete a complex arms deal with the U.S. or risk severe penalties by going through with an agreement to buy a missile system from Russia, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
* By the end of the first week of June, Turkey must cancel the Russian deal and buy Raytheon’s U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system or face removal from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, forfeiture of 100 promised F-35 jets, imposition of U.S. sanctions and potential blowback from NATO.
* The U.S. State Department’s current offer is the final one, according to multiple sources.
WASHINGTON — Turkey has a little more than two weeks to decide whether to complete a complex arms deal with the U.S. or risk severe penalties by going through with an agreement to buy a missile system from Russia, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
By the end of the first week of June, Turkey must cancel a multibillion-dollar deal with Russia and instead buy Raytheon’s U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system — or face removal from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, forfeiture of 100 promised F-35 jets, imposition of U.S. sanctions and potential blowback from NATO.
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More News On Turkey Being Warned To Cancel Its S-400 Purchase From Russia
Turkey preparing for possible U.S. sanctions over S-400s: minister -- Reuters
Turkey sees improvement in F-35 talks with U.S. but prepares for sanctions -- Jerusalem Post
Turkey Preparing For U.S. Sanctions Over Russian Missile Deal -- RFE
Russia slams US ultimatum to Turkey over missile sale -- CNBC
US ultimatum to Turkey over S400-deal ‘unacceptable’ – Kremlin -- RT
10 comments:
Obviously the decisions being made aren't only about the S-400. It's about where Turkey wants to position itself and its role in the Middle East.
I think it wants to be independent of the US as it conducts its regional foreign policy and the S-400 is the perfect lever to break the alliance. Gives Erdogan a bogey man to blame for the bad economics sure to come. Putin offers good military gear and I'm sure promises of much more to come. Then there is China whispering in his ear.
Turkey buys the S-400, the US removes Turkey from the F-35, NATO puts Turkey's membership is a corner and ices it out of most decision making, Erdogan kicks the USA out of its two big airbases and restricts NATO's operations if not bans it.
Take that to the bank in 2019.
Does this mean the US will finally get the nukes out of Turkey or does Turkey get to keep them?
Keep licking the window Bobby and you will figure it out...
Russia had better watch her back with the Turks.
The USA is contemplating yet another Mid Eastern war, this time with Iran, probably the strongest and most unified on that make war list developed all those years ago. This at a,time when, following defeat after defeat, assuming there ever was a real objective in those useless and criminal wars, both China and Russia are testing the waters so to speak providing what could be a very costly distraction for the Iranain war.
Anon
I guess one of those lucky little fishys that empregnatied your mom, you know the one with the 500 year tracable lineage, was a window cleaner. How else would you have gotten that window licking fetish of yours.
I imagine you were actually quite the miracle child when you were born given that when one of those little fishys, complained to another about how long the swim was taking, the other one told it "Be patient little buddy. We have only just passed the tonsils".
Good one Bob.
anon
you are disgusting pig. so too your parents
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Let Bob handle it. He's doing fine.
Haha gold knew it,pick on 3 dots and you have a psychological weirdo. Keep licking Bobby you will wear through the glass some day
It is simple Bob , give Trump what he wants or else!
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