Washington gives ultimatum to Ankara for withdrawal from Russian S-400 missiles

The US announced today that it gives Turkey time by the end of July to give up buying Russian S-400 missiles, which it considers inappropriate with the new F-35 fighter plane Ankara also wants to buy. “If Turkey has not given up the S-400 system by July 31st, the pilots [...]
“If Turkey has not given up on the S-400 system by July 31st, Turkish pilots currently training in the US with F-35 aircraft will leave and the sub-contract contracts to Turkish enterprises for production of F-35 will be cancelled”, Deputy Defence Secretary in charge of these acquisitions, Ellen Lord, told the media.











