Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday said he expected to re...
WASHINGTON - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday said he expected to resolve a dispute with Turkey over its planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system, a day after the Pentagon halted delivery of equipment related to F-35 fighter jets to Ankara.
The standoff escalated on Monday as the Pentagon announced it suspended delivery of equipment related to the F-35 “pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forgo delivery of the S-400.” The aircraft is made by Lockheed Martin Corp. “I expect we’ll solve the problem so that they have the right defense equipment in terms of Patriots and F-35s,” Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon. The Patriot is made by Raytheon Co.
“We’re going to keep working it until we know that it’s just not possible,” Scaparrotti told a small group of reporters. “I’m not suggesting that Turkey can’t be trusted. But I am saying that you do take another risk ... with what is probably our most sensitive technology,” he said.
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