Sanctions Could Stimulate Rather Than Slow Turkish Defense Capability

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.
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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...

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