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The Grand Turk
Russia wants $2 bln from Turkey for S-400 air defence missiles
2017-11-03
What threatens Turkey that requires such a defense?
[Ynet] Russia has sold its advanced S-400 air defence missile system to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
for over $2 billion, Sergei Chemezov, the head of state conglomerate Rostec, said on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported.

The deal with Turkey, a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
member, has caused some disquiet in the United States.

Turkey originally awarded a $3.4 billion contract for a defence system to China in 2013, but cancelled that two years later, saying it would concentrate on developing a system domestically.
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