Sanctions Could Stimulate Rather Than Slow Turkish Defense Capability

Tony Osborne December 18, 2020
Turkey’s S-400 system
Components of Turkey’s S-400 system were at a firing range on the Sinop peninsula, ready for test firings in the weeks before the U.S. election.
Credit: Google Earth Pro
Turkey is hoping it can shrug off the effects of being sanctioned by its ally, the U.S., over the purchase of a Russian-supplied S-400 air-defense system. But the country’s hope of becoming one of the world’s top defense exporters by 2023—Turkey’s 100th anniversary as a republic—may stand on shaky...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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