S-400 missile system

Turkey has proposed Russia the joint production of S-500 anti-ballistic missile systems, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has revealed, reiterating his government's determination in deploying the S-400 missile systems on Turkish soil, despite opposition from the United States.

Turkey has reportedly chosen to delay - but not cancel - the delivery of the S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia by a few months in an effort to appease the United States over their decision to buy systems that are incompatible with those of NATO.

Russia has started production of the S-400 air defense system for Turkey, manufacturing company Rosoboronexport General Director Alexandre Miheev said on April 25.

Washington does not recommend Turkish authorities to buy Russian air defense systems s-400, the US is willing to offer Ankara alternative systems, said the head of the U.S. defense Department James Mattis.

"The appearance in the area incompatible missile defense system hardly impact on the interests of NATO", — he said.

Turkey and Russia have decided to shorten the duration of the S-400 air defense missile systems' delivery, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 3, speaking in the presidential complex in Ankara in a joint press conference held with his Turkish counterpart.

Turkey will be able to purchase S-400 missile systems from Russia and F-35 fighter aircraft from the United States, the country's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said Tuesday.

Moscow and Ankara have agreed to speed up delivery of S-400 anti-ballistic missile systems to Turkey despite growing concerns in NATO over the Turkish government’s purchase of a non-interoperable system.

The U.S. is seeking cooperation with Turkey to boost Turkish air defense capabilities as an alternative to Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has described Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 anti-ballistic missile systems as “a difficult issue” for the alliance while at the same time welcoming the Turkish government’s cooperation with the French-Italian consortium on the procurement of SAMP-T to augment its air defense.

Russia can sell its C-400 Triumph C-400 missile systems to the United States if they want to do so. Such an opinion was expressed by the director of the Russian company Rosthech, the producer of the systems, Sergei Chemezov, in an interview with the US edition The Washington Post, FOCUS quoted TASS as saying.