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posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2019, @05:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the muscle-flexing dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:33PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:33PM (#810892)

    Back a decade ago, Erdogan was doing all the things the West deemed right, trying to make peace with the Kurds, various reforms, etc.

    EU told them to fuck off, you are "Asians".

    Finally, Erdogan turned 180, and he is what he is today, and Turkey is what it is today.

    Even the progressive-minded Turks have difficult time arguing against anti-West turn of the government, given what EU did to the Turks despite all the effort the Turks put in to get accepted.

    Even Mutafa Kemal might have told the EuroPEONS to fuck off by now.

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by bob_super on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:54PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:54PM (#810907)

    > EU told them to fuck off, you are "Asians".

    The people of Europe were saying "Fuck off, You are too many / too muslim / too poor", foremost.
    The bureaucrats had put Turkey into a lot of paperwork, and were arguing that cementing their democracy and honoring the EU's commitments meant that the integration process should start. I know people who voted against the EU constitution because it opened the door (eventually) to Turkey.
    The politicians, especially after the backlash which followed the integration of Eastern Europe, just stalled long enough for an Erdogan to come and make their job easier.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @11:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @11:03PM (#810913)

      "Too poor" is bullshit. EU accepted Bulgaria and Romania, much poorer economies, of similar Balkan culture.

      Turks are nothing if not proud. Despite all the bending-over-backward they did, EU humiliated them. The outcome was inevitable.