Government Seeks To Exercise Contract Option For Additional S-400 Air Defense Systems

December 06 2019

Turkey

Turkey is in talks with Russia to exercise a contract option for additional S-400 air defense systems, reports Reuters.

On Friday, Dmitry Shugaev, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said that officials from both countries were discussing a contract for the long-range air defense system, reported the Interfax news agency (Moscow).

Shugaev indicated that he expected a deal to be finalized in 2020.

Alexander Mikheev, the head of state arms exporter...

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