Turkey’s Multibillion-Dollar Arms Deal With Russia Poses A Risk To NATO

A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system. Sergei Malgavko. TASS

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* Turkey’s decision to buy Russia’s S-400 missile system is believed to pose a risk to the world’s strongest military alliance.
* As it stands, Ankara faces blowback from NATO members as well as U.S. sanctions for completing its messy multibillion-dollar arms deal with the Kremlin.
* Last month, President Donald Trump met in Washington with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with seemingly no breakthrough on the S-400 issue.

WASHINGTON — Clouding the NATO leaders meeting in London this week is Turkey’s decision to buy and begin testing of a Russian missile system — a move that is believed to pose a risk to the world’s strongest military alliance.

Ankara faces blowback from NATO members as well as U.S. sanctions for completing its messy multibillion-dollar arms deal with the Kremlin.

Yet Turkey’s government has shrugged off the potential sanctions since accepting delivery of the Russian S-400 missile system, and President Donald Trump himself has been sympathetic to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision.

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