Ankara’s risky bartering with Washington and Moscow
Information came to light recently indicating that the United States may, under certain conditions, review its decision not to supply Turkey with F-35 fighter jets.
Since being ejected from the program, in which it was also a production partner, Turkey has been going to significant lengths to make up for lost ground against what seems to be Greece's growing superiority in the skies. It is in talks with the Europeans and the British for Eurofighter jets, hinting at a possible shift of its air force toward Russian or mainly Chinese fighters, though the chances of this happening are slim. And even though it had explored this option in the past, it is reaching out to Qatar for access to French Rafale jets through military cooperation. None of these alternatives, however, are equal to the acquisition of the F-35s.
What would a revival of US interest in Turkey's acquisition...
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