The major reason why more and more countries are staying away from buying American weapons: Too many strings attached.
That and the NSA thing caused them to lose out on the Brazilian Airforce procurement deal.
With Pakistan possibly getting in trouble with Washington for using their own american-made F-16's they purchased to shoot down an Indian Mig-21 I'm sure India is looking at the Lokheed Martin F-21 deal for their own procurement the same way. This may get India to buy back into the Russian SU-57 program after all
If you paid for the shyt you should be able to use it as you please
They might fukk around and see Turkey buy into the SU-57 program too.
For those who don't know the S-400 is aRussian made air defense system that rivals the U.S.'s patriot missile system but cost a fraction of the Patriots cots
That and the NSA thing caused them to lose out on the Brazilian Airforce procurement deal.
With Pakistan possibly getting in trouble with Washington for using their own american-made F-16's they purchased to shoot down an Indian Mig-21 I'm sure India is looking at the Lokheed Martin F-21 deal for their own procurement the same way. This may get India to buy back into the Russian SU-57 program after all
If you paid for the shyt you should be able to use it as you please
They might fukk around and see Turkey buy into the SU-57 program too.
For those who don't know the S-400 is aRussian made air defense system that rivals the U.S.'s patriot missile system but cost a fraction of the Patriots cots
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U.S. blocks Turkey's F-35 equipment over S-400 deal with Russia
Vice President Mike Pence recently warned that the U.S. "will not stand idly by while NATO allies purchase weapons from our adversaries."
A U.S. F-35A fighter jet lands in South Korea last month.Getty Images
April 2, 2019, 8:23 AM ET / Updated April 2, 2019, 12:56 PM ET
By Mosheh Gains, Abigail Williams and Alexander Smith
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has blocked Turkey from receiving equipment relating to the F-35 fighter jet until its NATO ally cancels an order of a Russian missile defense system.
Washington has grown increasingly frustrated about Turkey's order of Russia's S-400 Triumf, which is among the most advanced and feared air-defense systems in the world.
At the same time, Turkey has ordered 30 of the F-35 stealth fighters and plans to buy more than 100 in total, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp.
Turkey has already "received" its first two jets, although these are currently being kept at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, where Turkish pilots are training with them.
"The United States has been clear that Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 is unacceptable," acting Pentagon spokesman Charles E. Summers Jr. said in a statement Monday. "Should Turkey procure the S-400, their continued participation in the F-35 program is at risk."
A S-400 surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base near Gvardeysk, Russia, last month.Vitaly Nevar / Reuters file
During a meeting Tuesday with Mongolian Defense Minister Nyamaagiin Enkhbold, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said that he expects the situation will be resolved.
Turkey agreed to buy the S-400 system from Russia in 2017, a deal reportedly worth $2.5 billion that's set to begin delivery in July.
After months of warnings and ultimatums, the U.S. suspension represents the first major concrete step in trying force Turkey to rethink. This week marks the alliance's 70th anniversary.
- Vice President Mike Pence said in February that the U.S. "will not stand idly by while NATO allies purchase weapons from our adversaries."
It is one strand of a increasingly frayed relationship between Washington and its ally that joined NATO in 1952.
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