NATO Chief: Turkey’s Russian-Made S-400 Missiles Pose Risks to Allied Aircraft

October 6, 2020

CNS News:

 

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Turkey on Monday to find “alternative solutions” to its deployment of an advanced Russian missile defense system, noting that the controversially-acquired S-400s “can pose a risk to allied aircraft and can lead to U.S. sanctions.”

Speaking during a visit to Ankara, Stoltenberg said that the S-400 dispute was one of “a number of difficult issues” that the transatlantic alliance wants to resolve with its member Turkey.

While conceding that the question of buying and using the missile defense system was “a national decision for Turkey to make,” he underlined again that “the S-400 cannot be integrated into NATO’s air and missile defense systems.”…

 

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