The United States warned Turkey against moving ahead with plans to buy a sophisticated Russian missile defence system that the Pentagon believes would threaten its advanced F-35 fighter aircraft.
The State Department made the remarks on a day when the head of US European Command spoke to politicians on Capitol Hill and said Turkey should reconsider its plan to buy the S-400 from Russia this year.
"We've clearly warned Turkey that its potential acquisition of the S-400 will result in a reassessment of Turkey's participation in the F-35 programme, and risk other potential future arms transfers to Turkey," said deputy spokesman Robert Palladino on Tuesday.
The US agreed to sell 100 of its latest fifth-generation F-35 fighters to Turkey and has so far delivered two of the aircraft. But Congress last year ordered a delay in future deliveries.
[...] The S-400 can track a large number of potential targets, including stealth targets such as the US F-35 fighter jet. Other advantages included its high mobility, meaning it can be set up, fired and moved within minutes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @07:42PM
Oh please! Don't make such a big thing about it. It's common piracy, just like those Johnny Depp movies, only without a plot, or good looking actors. I know everybody likes to think we've evolved, but we haven't. We just add a new facade and refine the makeup.
So yes, destabilization does effectively "salt the earth", it serves a purpose, it keeps the competition out. You don't want them getting fat on our leftovers. Thank Brzezinski [arizona.edu] and Carter for this. It worked, and is working today. Look at the trillions of dollars being kept out of circulation.