Defense World:
The United States’ attempt to sell Patriot missiles to Turkey appear to have hit a roadblock following Ankara’s rejection of a US proposal that it cancel the impending purchase of the Russian S-400 air defence system.
Last month, the US State Department issued a notice of sale of Patriot Missile System to Turkey worth $3.5 billion which was followed by the visit of a US delegation to Ankara to discuss the proposed sale further.
It now appears that the US delegation’s main aim was to block the S-400 sale from Russia in exchange for approving sale of the Patriot systems, according Turkish media reports.
Turkey’s Yeni Safak newspaper reported Saturday that Washington’s effort to block Turkey from acquiring Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems fell short as the US’s latest Patriot missiles offer failed to include neither a technology sharing clause as demanded by Ankara nor a discount on the proposed $3.5 billion deal.
