Senators push for Turkey sanctions after reports Ankara used Russian system to detect US-made jets

October 8, 2020

TheHill:

 

A bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the Trump administration to sanction Turkey, amid reports that it is testing a Russian-made missile defense system using U.S.-made jets.

For years, U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns about NATO ally Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system and have urged sanctions that are required by U.S. law to be imposed on those that do business with Russia’s defense industry.

The latest push comes after reports that Turkey activated radars to detect Greece’s U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets after an international military exercise, and plans to conduct a comprehensive test of the missile defense system next week…

 

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