President Trump has announced that the U.S. is going to halt sales of its F-35 stealth fighter jet to Turkey because the country received a new missile defense system from Russia – an exchange he claims was spurred by actions from the Obama administration. TURKEY GEARS UP TO RECEIVE RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM AS QUESTIONS SWIRL OVER POTENTIAL US PUNISHMENTSTANDOFF ESCALATES BETWEEN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, TURKEY OVER DEAL WITH RUSSIA“Turkey is very good with us, very good,” Trump said. "There is great concern that if they acquire that missile system and have the F-35 airplane, the Russians will have a window into the technology that’s used to produce the F-35," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., told Fox News at the time. The U.S., the Associated Press says, initially agreed to sell 100 of the jets to Turkey – with the first two arriving in June. The effectiveness of the S-400 long-range, surface-to-air missile system in the theater of war remains to be seen.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 13:30 UTC