Foreign Policy – Lara Seligman – Jun 6, 11:15 PM
Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is taking significant steps toward cutting Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program over concerns about Ankara’s plans to purchase a Russian missile system, telling his Turkish counterpart that
Not-so-subtle messages:
Letter to Turkey broke, giving a deadline of July 31 for giving up on Russian S-400, same day Greek Defence Min Apostolakis at Pentagon.
US SecDef likens a near-collision of US & Russian naval vessels to Turkey’s behaviour in E. Med https://t.co/QHhawLi8pB pic.twitter.com/PPZcLIzC6L— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) June 7, 2019
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