Turkey’s missiles to be compatible with NATO systems
by Daily Sabah with Wires
ISTANBULFeb 23, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah with Wires
Feb 23, 2015 12:00 am
Turkey will make its newly planned long-range missiles compatible with NATO systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın said on Monday.
"As one of the most important countries in NATO's security line, we will definitely ensure this integration and harmony," Kalın stressed.
A proposal evaluation process regarding Turkey's long-awaited, billion-dollar, long-range missile defense system has not been fully finalized, according to an official for Turkey's Defense Industries Undersecretariat. Media reports have recently said that Turkey will wait until April 24, which is the anniversary of the 1915 incidents to select a winner for the missile defense system. Rumors in political circles in Ankara said that no decision will be made on the missile defense system winner before the date since Turkey wants to first see France and the U.S.'s position on the 1915 incidents. An agreement may be made with China if the U.S. and French administrations take a "pro-Armenian" stance.
The Turkish Long-Range Missile Defense System Project is one of the defense industry's biggest projects in which Chinese, American and Italian-French companies are vying for contracts.
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