Turkey May Not Need Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense, Manufacturer Saysdr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑torsdag 16 mars 2023 20:05 Amerikanerna måste nog beta på ordentligt för att få med sig Erdogan här. Han sitter med trumf på hand, igen!
Erdogans förmodade efterträdare, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, har lovat att Turkiet ska få USA:s modernaste stridsflygplan F-35:Bloomberg skrev:Turkey might not need Russian S-400 batteries in order to protect itself as its homegrown equipment increasingly takes on that role, a major Turkish manufacturer said in comments likely to be welcomed by Washington.
The chairman of defense equipment manufacturer Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi said Turkey was working to develop its own Siper missile-defense system which has hit targets at a range of 100 kilometers (60 miles) in tests.
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The US sanctioned Turkey and barred it from working on and receiving Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 stealth jets after it acquired S-400 missiles from Russia in 2019. Ankara has been urging the US to scrap the sanctions and for Congress to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
Detta kräver sannolikt stora eftergifter från turkiskt håll.Reuters skrev:They have also promised to establish relations with the United States with an understanding of mutual trust, and to return Turkey to the F-35 fighter jet programme.
After AUKUS, in yet another jolt for China, France offers India deal to make 6 nuclear submarines
Samtidigt intensifieras det militära samarbetet mellan Frankrike och Indien, möjligen på Rysslands bekostnad, men utan tvekan till Kinas förtret.Firstpost skrev:This development may come as a nasty shock for China, which had suffered a jolt a couple of days when the United States (US) pledged to give five nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS deal.
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If the Indian Navy decides to go along with the proposal by France, it will be another feather in the cap for the Atmanirbhar Bharat (Make in India) initiative of the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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France’s offer to India is similar to a deal it had offered to Brazil earlier, which is also developing its first nuclear submarine with French assistance.