Top US commander in Europe recommends not selling Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets to Turkey

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In short, these two big ticket weapons systems, the S-400 and the F-35, can be used against each other.

WASHINGTON — The United States should not follow through with a multi-billion dollar weapons sale of F-35 jets to Turkey, if Ankara takes delivery of an advanced Russian missile system, the top U.S. military commander for Europe told Congress on Tuesday.

"I would hope that they [Turkey] would reconsider this one decision on the S-400," Scaparrotti said, adding that there could be potential consequences, namely, no future foreign military sales between Washington and Ankara. In September, CNBC learned that Turkey began construction of a site for the Russian missile system despite warnings from the United States to not buy the platform, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of an intelligence report.

Meanwhile, the State Department has discussed opportunities for Ankara to buy U.S.-made missile defense system. In December, State approved a $3.5 billion sale to Turkey in December for Raytheon's Patriot system.

 

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EU is recommeded not buying oil&gas from ‘evil’ russia 😂

If you choose TERRORISTS ( PKK a.k.a SDF , FETO ) over your NATO ally TURKEY , You will be treated as a threat . Game Over...

Agree with the commander

There's money to be made, tune in at a later date to find out, 'yes we will sell.' 💰💰💰 Top Commander recommends 😐 AgeOfTrump

Agree. Turkey is turning Islamic.

That big mess is caused by this lunatic!

Sound advice. We shouldn’t be selling to any of these radicals in the Middle East region. Those that are allies now, usually become foes later. Example 🇮🇶 🇮🇷. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Ya I’m not a fan either. They need to pay for fighting people on US soil.

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