The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the shipment of equipment of the first group of the system "S-400" Russian, to the base of the airborne in Ankara, completed Thursday.
This came at a press conference held by Colonel Tamer Zenger, a ministry official at the defense headquarters in Ankara, reported the official Turkish news agency. The Turkish official pointed to the ongoing security operations against terrorism, and the issues of receipt of the system "S-400" and the establishment of a safe area in the north of Syria. And expects to start shipping the second batch of the S-400 system to Ankara soon. The Turkish Defense Ministry announced on July 12, the arrival of parts of the S-400 defense system. The Russian S-400 is one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world. It is an anti-aircraft and ballistic missile defense system. It is also a competitor to Patriot batteries. The S-500 system is the improved version of this system. After service. The US administration threatened to impose sanctions on Turkey if it obtained the S-400 system from Russia. But US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his country was not considering imposing sanctions on Turkey, while the Pentagon announced the start of the phase of Turkey´s production of F-35 fighter jets for its acquisition of the Russian system.
