A Russian official announced today, Wednesday, that the second contract will be signed to supply Turkey with the Russian “Triumph S-400” anti-aircraft missile systems. The Russian state arms exporter, Alexander Mikheev, told reporters: “In the near future, this means this year. We expect that the second S-400 contract for Turkey will be signed this year,” according to what was reported by “Sputnik”.
And the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, confirmed last April that “Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system is dangerous to American security.”
He said: “We were quite clear in urging Turkey to abandon the Russian missile deal,” he added, adding, “Any major transactions with Russian defense agencies can again be subject to the Countering US Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, and this is independent of the sanctions that have already been imposed,” referring to the law designed to discourage countries from purchasing equipment.
Tensions in relations and sanctions
It is noteworthy that the S-400 file was the string of relations with Washington in 2019, and prompted the US administration at the time. to stop selling The Turkish authorities of the “Patriot” system, considering that sharing this technology with NATO ally Turkey, may pose a security threat.
It also prompted Washington to impose sanctions on a number of Turkish companies.
Turkey was excluded from the US F-35 development program in 2019 as punishment for its decision to purchase the Russian military system, and that After not reaching an agreement on the American Patriot system that is used by most other NATO countries. Late last year.
Washington fears that there is a real danger that Russian operators who train Turkish soldiers on the S-400 system will be able to reveal the technological secrets of the American stealth fighter “F-35”, which was seeking to Ankara to buy them.
