Turkey may buy Russian jets if US F-16 deal fails: Report
Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon
Reports claimTurkey may purchase Russian fighter jets if Erdogan's regime fails to procure US F-16 fighters.
Russia's TASS news agency quoting the head of Turkey’s defence industry Ismail Demir reported that "Turkey won’t be left without alternatives".
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The news agency quoted Demir declaring that the "issue of Su-35 and Su-57 planes may surface again at any time" if the US F-16 deal does not go through.
The former Trump administration had denied F-35 fighter jets to the Erdogan regime in 2019 after Ankara purchased S-400 missile defence system from Russia.
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President Erdogan on Sunday had said the Biden administration may sell F-16 fighter jets instead of the F-35 fighter jets. News agency Reuters had said Turkey had reportedly requested for 40 F-16 fighter jets.
"We have said we'll take whatever step is needed to meet our country's defence needs," Erdogan had said on Sunday.
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Erdogan had declared he was interested in buying another batch of S-400 missiles from Russia even as the US jet deal had run into trouble earlier.
Erdogan however saidthat talks were underway with US officials over the F-16 deal including "modernisation of the F-16s" and "possession" ofnew additional F-16s.
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Turkey had sought compensation for being excluded in the US fighter jet deal and had asked the US government to pay $1.4 billion as it had paid the amount before it was removed.
(With inputs from Agencies)