Tag: Turkey vs USA

NOVANEWS By Stephen Lendman The Trump regime demands Turkey cancel its planned purchase of Russian S-400 air defense missiles. Technologically superior to US long-range surface-to-air Patriot missiles, nothing in the West matches their effectiveness. S-400s can destroy multiple hostile aircraft, ballistic missiles, and other aerial targets up to 250 miles away at high and low altitudes. China was Russia’s first foreign buyer, its military saying it “saw that the S-400 system by its capabilities today is unparalleled in the world in its armament class.” It’s able to overcome heavy enemy fire and electronic countermeasures. In 2017, Turkey contracted with Russia to buy S-400s. Last month, President Erdogan affirmed the contract, saying deliveries of the air defense systems are f...

NOVANEWS In one speech, Turkey’s President Erdogan clarified his position vis-a-vis both NATO and Syria. by ADAM GARRIE Turkey’s increasingly fraught relationship with NATO has just entered a new crisis as Ankara threatens to remove a substantial US radar system from its soil, should Washington fail to complete the transfer of F-35 fighter jets ordered by Turkey. The row has its origins in Turkey’s recent purchase of Russia’s powerful S-400 missile defence systems. The Pentagon has announced that Turkey’s purchase of the S-400s “would jeopardise the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey”. In response, Turkey has stated that if the F-35s are not delivered, Turkey may take steps to remove the Malatya- Kürecik AN-TPY-2 radar system that the US set-up on Turkish soil in 2012. Turkish me...