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The Grand Turk
‘Russia to fulfill S-400 sale to Turkey despite Patriot deal’
2018-12-20
[PRESSTV] The Kremlin says there is no link between The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
’s possible purchase of US Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems and that of the advanced Russian-built S-400 air defense missile system, saying Moscow is in the process of fulfilling the terms of the deal with Ankara.

"These are not connected processes. In this case, we are fulfilling agreements that we have with our Ottoman Turkish colleagues. You know that the contract is being fulfilled. This will be continued," Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

Peskov's remarks came a day after the Pentagon announced that the US State Department had approved a possible $3.5 billion sale of Patriot missile systems to its NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-ally Turkey, after notifying Congress of the certification.

The sale would cover the procurement of 80 Patriot guidance-enhanced missiles and 60 other missiles along with related equipment, including radar sets, engagement control stations and launching stations.

Peskov further said that Russia trusted its Ottoman Turkish partners not to disclose certain data about the S-400 system to its NATO partners.

Posted by:Fred

#1  Why wouldn't they? You can learn a lot more about the the other system by trying to mesh them than you would by just observing them in service.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-12-20 08:04  

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