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Russia starts delivery of S-400 missile system to Turkey

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(CNN) The first shipment of the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system has landed in Ankara, in a move that sets up a potential showdown between Turkey and the United States.

The equipment arrived at the Murted Air Base today, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.Another plane is due to fly to Turkey with a second batch of equipment in the near future, a military-diplomatic source told Russia’s state-run TASS news agency. That source added that a third delivery, carrying over “120 anti-aircraft missiles of various types” will be delivered “tentatively at the end of the summer, by sea.”TASS also quoted the source saying that Turkish S-400 operators will travel to Russia for training in July and August.

https://twitter.com/RT_russian/status/1149655021060947970

The US has long warned that Turkey risked being blocked from receiving the advanced F-35 stealth jet due to Ankara’s insistence on acquiring the Russian missiles — a system US officials fear could be used to analyze and collect intelligence on the F-35.

( https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/12/europe/turkey-russia-missiles-intl/index.html )

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