Turkish Vice-President: Turkey To Buy Russian S-400 Missiles Despite US 'Threats'

Al Jazeera: Turkey will not bow to US sanctions over S-400: Vice president

Fuat Oktay says US concerns over the Russian-made defence system are not reasonable, adding Ankara will not back down.

Turkey will never bow to US sanctions over its agreement to buy Russian S-400 defence systems, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Sunday in reference to a deal that has strained ties between the NATO allies.

Washington has said the S-400s could compromise the capabilities of its F-35 fighter jets - for which it has a separate deal with Turkey - and warned of possible US sanctions if Ankara pushed on with the Russian deal.

Ankara has said the S-400s and F-35s would not affect each other and that it will not abandon the former.

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Update #1: Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US 'threats' -- AFP
Update #2: Turkey Refuses to Bow to US Sanctions Over S-400 Deal -- Sputnik

WNU editor: It looks like this is gong to happen .... Pentagon preparing to move F-35 work out of Turkey (AFP), And not surprising, Russia is now willing to sell its Su-57 Fighters in place of F-35s .... Right On Cue, Russia Says It's Ready To Offer Turkey Su-57 Fighters In Place Of F-35s (Warzone/The Drive).