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Due to the use of the Russian S-400 missile defense system, the United States is imposing sanctions on its NATO ally, Turkey.
8:17 pm, December 14, 2020
United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo He said in Washington on Monday that punitive measures would be imposed on the Defense Industries Directorate (SSB). The address is the office of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fictional. The sanctions included a Prohibition of all US export licenses and permits for SSBPompeo announced.
Assets are frozen
None financial assets SSB chief Ismail Demir and other executives in the United States would be frozen. Against them too Entry restrictions imposed. Pompeo also stressed that Turkey was a “valuable ally” of the United States and an important security partner in the region and that they wanted continued cooperation in the defense sector.
Erdogan confirmed the system tests.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had confirmed tests of the system by the Turkish army in October. With a view to criticizing Washington, Erdogan stressed that the United States would not be asked for permission. The United States government had repeatedly warned the Ankara government against the use of the Russian S-400 missile defense system and had threatened punitive measures. The Pentagon had criticized that the use of the system was inconsistent with Turkey’s obligations as a NATO partner. NATO had also warned that the S-400 system could not be integrated into the alliance’s air defense and anti-missile system.
That is the basis of the US sanctions. Caatsa law (“Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions”) 2017. According to this, the president of the United States can impose punitive measures against a third party in a “significant transaction” with the defense sector of the Russian government. Among other things, the president can order that those affected be denied U.S. export permits, that U.S. financial institutions not be allowed to grant them loans, that their U.S. possessions be frozen, or that they be barred from entering U.S.
The United States sees the safety of its F-35 fighter plane at risk
US fears Russia will use sensitive radar from S-400 weapons system Facts about the stealth capabilities of the F-35 jet has. Ankara was a partner in the construction of the F-35 fighter jet and wanted to buy many of the planes. Due to the arms deal with Moscow, the United States has already excluded Turkey from the F-35 program. A few days ago, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and James Lankford wrote in a guest article for the “Wall Street Journal” that the use of Russian “advisers” and S-400 radar near F-35 fighter jets was unacceptable.
Ankara and Moscow signed the contract for Turkey to purchase the S-400 system in September 2017. The first delivery took place last year. Erdogan argues that Turkey needs its own missile defense against threats from neighboring Syria, a country in civil war, but also from Germany. According to Ankara, Turkey has not received any reasonable alternative offers from its allies.
S-400 parts can be transported by truck
The S-400 is a mobile air defense system that can take aircraft, projectiles, and other objects out of the sky. The units, which usually consist of several missiles, a radar and a command post, can be transported by truck. The S-400 can work with short, medium and long-range missiles.
