F-16 fighter jets and other aircraft belonging to the Turkish air forces are flying over Turkey's capital Ankara in order to test Russian S-400 air and missile defense systems which were delivered between July and September. pic.twitter.com/27wb5R0ajS— ANews (@anewscomtr) November 25, 2019
Warzone/The Drive: Turkey Tests F-16s And F-4s Against S-400 Radars In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions Threats
The U.S. government has called on its Turkish counterparts for months to not "activate" the radars and abandon the purchase altogether.
Turkey has begun tests of the radars associated with its new Russian S-400s using American-made F-16 Viper and F-4 Phantom II fighters, defying warnings from the United States that this "activation" of the surface-to-air missile systems could prompt new sanctions. U.S. officials had been concerned that the Turkish military might conduct exactly these sorts of tests with the F-35, potentially giving Russia insights into the jets' capabilities, an issue that remains at the center of the spat over Ankara's deal with Moscow to buy the air defense system in the first place. The Pentagon already ejected Turkey from the Joint Strike Fighter program earlier this year and is finalizing efforts to remove Turkish defense contractors from the supply chain, as well.
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2 comments:
I wonder “as an ally” if the turks are letting Americans see the system. It would could be an intelligent coup to learn about the system firsthand.
Kick em out of Nato already
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