In Turkey, the deployment of the purchased Russian air defense systems s-400. This was stated by the head of the Secretariat of defense industry Ismail Demir.
According to him, already in operation “certain items” – quoted by RIA Novosti, citing the newspaper Milliyet. Demir also noted that only the Turkish military and the company will have full access to the system.
Recall that the purchase of Russian s-400 has provoked a crisis in Turkey’s relations with the United States. Washington demanded to cancel the transaction and return to purchase American complexes Patriot, threatening to cancel the sale of Turkey’s newest F-35 fighter. In response, Ankara began negotiations with Moscow on the purchase of su-57. Deliveries of new air defense systems, Ankara began in mid-July last year. It was planned that on combat duty s-400 to intercede in April of this year.
