Turkey risks being kicked out of F-35 program

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MENEKSE TOKYAY

Fri, 2019-03-29 23:42

ANKARA: American pressure is mounting on Turkey to ditch its purchase of a Russian missile defense system or face being squeezed out of a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet program.

The US is threatening to drop Turkey as a partner in the F-35 warplane project unless it pulls back from buying the Russian-made S-400 weapon system — and takes America’s Patriot version instead, according to a new Reuters report based on American sources.

Experts have warned that being removed from the F-35 program could seriously damage Turkey’s defense industry. 

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