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S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, as well as re-inclusion in the F-35 advanced aircraft program.
On May 15, Finland and Sweden officially announced their intention to join NATO in the wake of the ongoing Russian military offensive on Ukraine. To make it possible, all members of the allianc ...
S-400 air defense systems, infuriating Washington leaders. Delivering jets to one country and blocking their delivery to another demonstrates the extent of the American double standards in dealing with its two NATO allies, and by doing so, it only fuels their tensions. Turkey now has the upper hand ...
S-400 missile defense system, though many consider the negotiations as a pressure lever by Riyadh to force the White House to deliver the THAAD air defenses, and that it has a very slim chance of materialization.
According to the agreements between the US and Saudi Arabia, Washington is plann ...
Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said “Russian forces continue to attack and advance in Artemovsk, and fierce battles have been going on for the past few days. The enemy is attacking and advancing in some areas.”
Artymovsk is a key logistics hub for the supply of equipment for the ...
S-400 air defense systems from Russia despite strong Western opposition. Russia used the deal to deepen inter-NATO gaps and distance Turkey from the West. Buying advanced weapon systems from Russia was a kind of crossing NATO’s red line and infuriated the leaders of this military alliance. In ...
S-400 air defense systems, Washington and NATO military support to the Syrian Kurds, Turkish maintaining of close relations with Western-sanctioned Russia and Iran and finally Turkey’s neutral position in the Ukraine war have inflamed these differences to an uncontrollable level.
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S-400 system and two indigenous defense models, the Akash-NG and Barak-8, the former for short-range missiles and manufactured by the Indian Air Force and the Indian company Bharat Electronics, and the latter for long-range surface-to-surface missiles jointly developed with Israel.
On the oth ...
S-400 system effectively knocked it out of the high-tech arms race. Now, Saudi Arabia's potential accession to the F-35 club threatens to widen this technological gap into a chasm, visibly underscoring Ankara's strategic drift from the West.
In the soft-power rivalry between Riyadh and Anka ...
S-400, a move paving the way to receive the F-35s in the next six months.
The American diplomat added that Ankara plays an important role in the F-35 program, and four of this model of fighter jet are now ready for delivery, but Turkey has not accessed them so far. Barrack said that in the recent m ...
S-400 surface-to-air missile platform and Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets.
Growing economic cooperation
The two allies have expanded their cooperation in response to the Western economic pressures and sanctions. By 2022, their trade volume hit $5 billion annually, bit it had increased now. ...