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USA, ultimatum to Turkey

Ankara will have to choose between F-35 aircraft and S-400 missiles

With us or against us. The US ultimatum to Turkey has arrived: by the end of July, Ankara will have to choose between the United States (thus remaining both as a buyer and as a developer in Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter airplanes), and Russia (accepting delivery of the anti-aircraft defense missiles S-400). US interim defense minister Patrick Shanahan notified it in a letter to his Turkish counterpart...

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ReportErdogan confirms agreement for S-400 anti-aircraft system

Russian order arriving in July

Turkey will have its own Russian anti-aircraft defense system S-400. It's a question of sovereignty. "We hope to start receiving the S-400s we ordered next month", said Recep Tayyip Erdogan. No step backwards... more

Military aviationTurkey rejects US ultimatum on S-400s

Russia is ready to deliver first battery in July

Ankara foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed what Turkish President Erdogan had announced before: Turkey will not renounce to purchase S-400 anti-aircraft defense missiles from Russia. As the "Reuters"... more

Military aviationTurkey looks for Moscow's fighter planes

Ankara is considering to replace F-35s with the Sukhoi Su-57s

Turkey threatens to turn its back on United States. Defense ministry officials are evalueting to purchase Sukhoi Su-57 fighter planes from Russia, if the F-35 deal is finally to be lifted, according to... more

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