US Defence Spending Bill Bans Transfer of F-35s to Turkey Due to Russian S-400s

[rangerrebew]

US Defence Spending Bill Bans Transfer of F-35s to Turkey Due to Russian S-400s

20:34 14.05.2019

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US lawmakers have drafted a defence spending bill that would ban the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey in order to prevent the exposure of the US technology to Russian missile systems, the House Appropriations Committee said.

The draft legislation "prohibits the transfer of F-35 fighters to Turkey to prevent the exposure of cutting-edge US technology to Russian missile systems", the committee said in a press release.

The draft Fiscal Year 2020 Defence Funding Bill published by the committee stipulates that no funds should be made available for the delivery of "F-35 air vehicles or any other F–35 weapon system equipment" to Turkey.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201905141075006777-us-turkey-f35-s400-ban/

[SZonian]

Good!  That gov't in Turkey is no ally of the West and should be dismissed as such.

Now to see if they actually follow through as Turkey is an originating "partner" in the F35 program and has some of the manufacturing capacity as a result.

If they follow through, I'm sure Turkey will retaliate by not releasing the products, so that capability will have to be replicated somewhere else in order to keep production rates.