It seems that the result was the American pressures to Ankara for them S-400, as confessed by President of the Turkish Defense Industry Ismail Demir, its supply was postponed second array of the Russian anti-aircraft system.
In particular, he stated that Turkey received the first set and there was a plan for a second, but the receipt did not proceed because the relevant consultations with Russia were extended in time.
“Turkey sat at the table for a plan with two arrays (S-400). That is, we did not say we would get one. It was all clear. The parameters, the characteristics. We received the first batch. We could pick up the second batch immediately. But as you know there was provision for technology transfer and co-production. “The consultations because the continuation of the second array continues are extended in the long run”, stressed characteristics.
As he explained the SKAI correspondent in Turkey Manolis Kostidis, Turkey retreats or is forced to retreat due to pressure on any plan that had a serious defense plan.
The two main plans for the Air Force were the purchase of 100 F-35 fighter jets from the United States and air defense through the Russian S-400 system. Washington has excluded Turkey from the F-35 program, while Ankara cannot use the Russian anti-aircraft system.
Greece, on the other hand, has upgraded its 85 F-16 fighters, bought 24 Rafale and is setting up a missile defense with the French belharra frigates, changing the balance in the Aegean.
Turkish military analyst: We have a problem with the rafale of Greece
Concern and concern causes in Ankara Greek armament program, This is also reflected in the Turkish media, which is increasingly hosting broadcasts on the new situation and the correlation of forces in air and sea.
THE Turkish military analyst, Abdullah Agar told CNN Turk that Greece with the French rafale fighters has gained air superiority against Turkish fighters in air battles one by one.
“Turkey has indeed realized the threats posed by the Rafale fighters. Like the threats posed by the Belharra frigates as well as the Type 214 submarines as well as for the air defense. Turkey is already working on reciprocity. But we must say something about the Rafale fighters have gained an advantage over Turkey. “We cover this superiority with alternatives, but there is a problem in the balance of power one by one”, he states characteristically.
As explained by SKAI correspondent in Turkey, Manolis Kostidisin the same panel with the analyst Agar, there were retired officers of the Turkish Armed Forces who did not say anything, confirming in essence what he was saying.
This development is one of the reasons why Turkish officials such as Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar He often “erupts” against the Greek armaments and has not in the past made recommendations in Athens that he can not spend so much money in difficult economic times.
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