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Russia’s Military-Technical Cooperation with Turkey

The head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSTMC) Dmitry Shugaev gave an interview to Ekoturk TV channel. Shugaev spoke about military-technical cooperation with Turkey. In particular, he shed the light on the implementation of the S-400 contract and about future plans. He tackled the impact of the pandemic on the military-technical cooperation in general,…
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Turkey Test-Fires Native HGK-84 Precision Guidance Kit

The Turkish Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that Turkey successfully has test-fired the HGK-84, a domestically produced precision guidance kit. “The test-firing of our HGK-84 LAB (Precision Guidance Kit-84 Laser Seeker Head) produced by domestic and national facilities were successfully carried out,” the ministry said. The HGK-84 is a device that uses GPS /…
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German Arms Exports to Egypt, UAE, Turkey in Numbers

The German Ministry of Economy announced that the value of arms deals that Germany agreed to export to Egypt, Turkey and the UAE amounted to more than 330 million euros. According to DW Arabic, from January 20 to May 3, 2020, Germany approved arms shipments to Egypt alone for €308.2 million. The German government also…
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Turkey is Developing a New UV, the “Small Tank”

The "small tank"is an armoured vehicle that will join the group of unmanned vehicles developed by the Turkish defence industries with local capabilities, to meet the needs of the security forces and the army in the country, reports Anadolu Agency. The vehicle will have the feature of remote control and self-driving The vehicle will be…
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Turkey:Russian Personnel Can’t Have Free Access to S-400 Batteries

"Russian personnel will not be able to access the S-400 batteries as they wish," said Turkey's President Defence of Industries, Ismail Demir, in a recent interview. Although the S-400 procurement agreement includes items such as training, maintenance and technical support, Russian personnel will not be able to access the S-400 batteries as they wish. Stating that…
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Turkey Expresses its Readiness to Buy Patriots

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated today that Turkey is ready to purchase Patriot surface-to-air missile systems and other similar systems from its NATO allies, during an online seminar organised by the Washington-based Atlantic Council. Cavusiglu said that Turkey’s decision to buy the S-400 system was a result of the reluctance of the United States to…
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Fixed-Wing F-35 Profitability Could Suffer After Losing Cheap Manufacturing in Turkey

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s profitability could suffer due to the programme losing access to less expensive parts suppliers in Turkey. Ankara was booted from the Joint Strike Fighter programme in July 2019 after the country decided to buy the Russian-made Almaz-Antey S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile battery. That weapon system is advertised as being…
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Over 120 Missiles For Russian S-400 Systems Delivered To Turkey

More than 120 surface-to-air guided missile have been supplied by Russia to Turkey along with a regiment set of S-400 air defense missile systems, a military diplomatic source told TASS on Monday. «Turkey has received two S-400 battalions, more than 120 surface-to-air missiles, as well as auxiliary equipment, spare parts and tools,» the source said,…
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Turkey is likely to purchase another batch of S-400 — Russian deputy PM

Russia hopes that Turkey will purchase another batch of air defense systems S-400, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov told the round-the-clock television news channel Rossiya-24 in an interview. «It is very likely they will use this option and keep working with us. We do hope for this,» he said. «As far as arms export is…
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Russian-made S-400 air defense systems to operate autonomously in Turkey – top brass

Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile systems will operate autonomously in Turkey, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in an interview with the Qatari Al Jazeera TV Channel cited by the Anadolu news agency on Saturday. «The Russian systems will assume combat duty in the stand alone system mode. We have stated from the very beginning that the S-400s will operate…
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