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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey ready to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system |
| 2017-03-20 |
| [Defense Blog] Turkey is ready to buy S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia on a loan granted by Moscow, Rostec state corporation CEO Sergey Chemezov said in an interview Tuesday. "Turkey is expressing its wish, they would like to receive a loan," Chemezov told the Rossiya 24 broadcaster "As soon as an agreement is signed and a decision is made on the amount of the loan, then we will sign a contract on the supply, including the S-400." The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler)is an air defence missile system developed by Almaz Central Design Bureau of Russia. The new system replaced the S-300P and S-200 air defence systems of the Russian Army. China was the first to buy the Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile systems. It was announced in the spring of 2015 that the relevant contract had been signed. According to media outlets, the deal was worth about $3 billion. Related: Russia promotes air defence systems and tank’s armour in Turkey |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Unless they were taken out by Western planes because they bought shit hardware... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-20 20:06 |
| #7 The dead are rarely the ones who purchased the hardware. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-03-20 17:29 |
| #6 buy...on a loan granted by Moscow Soviets using the Turkey/Syrian border as a beta test site? I note they are in a good position for observation by northbound polar orbiters with NRT ground station downlinks to Ukraine, Moscow, Kazan, et. al. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-20 15:30 |
| #5 AlanC Embrace the magic of 'and' |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-03-20 14:06 |
| #4 Unhappy or dead lord garth? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-20 13:03 |
| #3 S-400 works well in tests someday, it may be tested in live fire - if it fails then there will be a lot of unhappy customers |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-03-20 11:09 |
| #2 I'm all for it. Easier to gather all the intel on it there. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-20 09:33 |
| #1 Putin appears to be fully recovered from the last year's assassination of Russian AMBO Andrey Karlov. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-20 08:21 |