Posted on 07/23/2018 8:40:05 PM PDT by caww
Sales of F-35 joint strike fighters to Turkey could be suspended for months under a final 2019 defense bill unveiled by Congress on Monday.
The Pentagon would be required to submit a report to lawmakers within 90 days on the relationship with Ankara, all its foreign weapons sales, and Turkey’s move to purchase an S-400 air defense system from Russia, before any more of the Lockheed Martin jets could be sold.
The House is expected to vote on the massive policy bill this week and the Senate could take it up in early August.
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Good! Make it forever.
If Turkey should ever get 3 of them, then they would be in China, Russia and IRAN by the next day.
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