> turkey has already bought from Russia the S400 missile system and then they have been obliged from US (and NATO) to put them “offline”, so what’s the point in announcing a new drone to fight the F35 from NATO? Just the usual defiance from Erdogan?
The last sentence is true.
On the S400 matter cited many times through this thread: Turkey only bought S400 after trying for more than a decade to get any missile defence option from anybody, including Americans themselves (they did not agree to sell them MIM 104F *,) French, Germans (both French, and German deals were sank under US pressure,) Taiwanese, Chinese, Indians, and Israelis.
* USA warmed up to selling Patriot to Turkey few years ago, but that ship has long sailed, with S400 deal being inked years prior.
Turkey, be them a wayward ally, but their feelings of being constantly wronged by the USA, NATO, and EU, and not being truly treated as a peer are fully genuine.
So, yes. They do this to slight USA, just like they bought S400 to punish USA after them really being trolled, for the lack of a better word, by 3 US presidents, along with NATO EU allies.
The last sentence is true.
On the S400 matter cited many times through this thread: Turkey only bought S400 after trying for more than a decade to get any missile defence option from anybody, including Americans themselves (they did not agree to sell them MIM 104F *,) French, Germans (both French, and German deals were sank under US pressure,) Taiwanese, Chinese, Indians, and Israelis.
* USA warmed up to selling Patriot to Turkey few years ago, but that ship has long sailed, with S400 deal being inked years prior.
Turkey, be them a wayward ally, but their feelings of being constantly wronged by the USA, NATO, and EU, and not being truly treated as a peer are fully genuine.
So, yes. They do this to slight USA, just like they bought S400 to punish USA after them really being trolled, for the lack of a better word, by 3 US presidents, along with NATO EU allies.