US State Department expresses ‘serious concerns’ about Turkey’s potential acquisition of S-400

The U.S. State Department expressed serious concerns about Turkey’s potential acquisition of Russia-made S-400 air-defence system.

In response to a question by a journalist, a US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said that the system being purchased from Russia is not compatible with NATO systems, including the F-35 fighter jet.

“I can tell you that we have had serious concerns about Turkey’s potential acquisition of the S-400 system” – repeated Heather Nauert.

“Under NATO and under the NATO agreement, which of course, Turkey is a NATO member, you’re only supposed to buy, they are only supposed to buy, weapons and other materiel that are interoperable with other NATO partners. We don’t see that as being interoperable,” the State Department spokeswoman also noted during a press briefing.
 [defence-blog.com]
 4/5/18
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