Maximus wrote:Kikapu wrote:Maximus wrote:Paphitis wrote:
But what is interesting and Ill be looking at closely is what happens to the Russian S300 Cyprus bought and are in Greece. Or whether Lockheed will have concerns with Turkish S400s on the Turkish coast.
Turkey's gamble appears to have backfired though.
All of Turkey's foreign policy gambles have backfired. She is left without friends and a battered economy.
What is interesting is why the US didnt sell them the patriot system. Instead, some NATO allies decided to station them on loan and under their control. I think they understood that Turkey was duplicitous. Whatever they sell her, runs to risk of getting turned on them in the future.
One s400 system is not really enough to provide air defense for a country the size of Turkey.
Admittedly, I am not that knowledgeable on such things but I would imagine that the s300 is not as capable as the s400 to be much of a concern..
Turkey wanted technology transfer and joint production on the Patriot, which is the reason why it was not so sold toTurkey. Yes, turn over tech info perfected over the last 70 years to Turkey for free and allow them to produce it too.
Supposedly Russia agreed to those terms with the S-400. I doubt Russia has. Perhaps on “how to change the oil” on the missiles every 6 months is as far as Russia would go. Besides, Russia sold Turkey the inferior version of the S-400 as they don’t trust Turkey either so not let NATO access to their advanced S-400’s.
Right, makes sense now.
Turkey wanted to buy one then the US was supposed to let her make as many as she wants.
There is always some unrealistic expectation when dealing with he Turks.
Turkey ask for the same conditions from the Chinese few years back and China told her to take a hike.