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Gestart door Zander, 23/02/2017 | 09:39 uur

Harald

Turkey's Erdogan Threatens to Close Strategic Bases to US Military

Turkey is upping the ante with threats to retaliate against the US if it imposes sanctions on Ankara for its purchase of a Russian missile system.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday threatened to close two strategic military bases used by the United States in Turkey if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara for buying a Russian missile system.

"If necessary, we'll close Incirlik and also Kurecik," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told broadcaster A Haber on Sunday, referring to two military bases used by the United States. "If the threat of sanctions is implemented against us, we'll respond to them in the framework of reciprocity."

Incirlik is an air base in southern Turkey that has played a major role in US military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and more recently against the "Islamic State" (IS) group in Syria and Iraq. The US military also stores around 50 B-61 gravity nuclear bombs at the base.

Kurecik in eastern Turkey houses a NATO radar station.


This is a really good time to remind everybody just how critical the US AN/TPY-2 radar in Kurecik, Turkey is to NATO BMD.

There is not a single radar in Europe that NATO BMD is more depended on.

Loosing the AN/TPY-2 radar site in Kurecik would be a disaster t NATO BMD. https://t.co/tY55wngO7C
— Simon Petersen (@SimonHoejbjerg) December 15, 2019
Earlier this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also brought up the issue of closing the two bases to the US if Washington imposes sanctions.

Sanctions on the horizon


US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been pressing US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase and deployment of Russia's S-400 missile defense system, which Washington says is incompatible with NATO and threatens F-35 fighter jets. In response, the US kicked Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program, in which Ankara was a partner.

The Trump administration has so far refrained from imposing sanctions on NATO ally Turkey over the S-400 purchase.

Under a US law known as the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), states which buy certain military hardware from Russia must be sanctioned.

Relations between the two NATO allies have also been strained over Turkey's military incursion in northeast Syria against Kurdish forces that partnered with the US against IS. After the US military withdrew from the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to patrol northern Syria.

Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to be a terrorist group with links to Kurdish rebels fighting a 35-year insurgency against the Turkish state.

Erdogan on Sunday also threatened to retaliate against the US after the Senate and House voted to recognize the 1915 killing of Armenians as genocide. Trump has not signed the resolution.

https://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/208266/turkey%27s-erdogan-threatens-to-close-strategic-bases-to-us-military.html

Lex

De relatie tussen Turkije en de NAVO staat op springen: 'Officieren in het leger zijn zelfs openlijk anti-NAVO'

Zie: https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/de-relatie-tussen-turkije-en-de-navo-staat-op-springen-officieren-in-het-leger-zijn-zelfs-openlijk/

Hedenavond in 1Vandaag, NPO1.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Huzaar1

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

Zander

Citaat van: Huzaar1 op 01/11/2019 | 17:12 uur
Veel plezier in siberie boys  ;D
Kratje bier verdampt zo stukje bij beetje.....
People are sheep

Huzaar1

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

Parera


Sparkplug

Amid Syria discord, NATO chief backs extending air-defense help to Turkey (Italië zit daar nu met de SAMP/T en Spanje met de Patriot)

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2019/10/24/amid-syria-discord-nato-chief-backs-extending-air-defense-help-to-turkey/
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

Citaat van: Ros op 03/10/2019 | 12:52 uur
M.i. een kleine moeite geweest om deze toestellen toe te wijzen aan een andere koper. Nu is het net....kijk eens wat jullie niet krijgen.

Dan worden ze gewoon opgeslagen. In het verleden werden nieuwe F-16's voor Pakistan na een embargo in de VS opgeslagen. Na opheffing van die embargo werden de F-16's alsnog geleverd.
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Ros

Citaat van: Sparkplug op 03/10/2019 | 08:39 uur
De eerste zes waren al besteld en de afzonderlijke Amerikaanse en Turkse serienummers waren al gegeven. Waarom zou het te maken hebben met Turkije pesten?
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-35/serials-and-inventory/airforce/TuAF/

M.i. een kleine moeite geweest om deze toestellen toe te wijzen aan een andere koper. Nu is het net....kijk eens wat jullie niet krijgen.

Huzaar1

Citaat van: Sparkplug op 03/10/2019 | 08:39 uur
De eerste zes waren al besteld en de afzonderlijke Amerikaanse en Turkse serienummers waren al gegeven. Waarom zou het te maken hebben met Turkije pesten?

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-35/serials-and-inventory/airforce/TuAF/
Welkom in zijn wereld.
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

Sparkplug

Citaat van: Ros op 02/10/2019 | 22:35 uur
De "stickers" waren nu eenmaal al besteld en sonde om weg te gooien.......of is het Turkje pesten ?

De eerste zes waren al besteld en de afzonderlijke Amerikaanse en Turkse serienummers waren al gegeven. Waarom zou het te maken hebben met Turkije pesten?

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-35/serials-and-inventory/airforce/TuAF/

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Ros

Citaat van: Sparkplug op 02/10/2019 | 20:30 uur
De getoonde AT-05 en AT-06 stonden nog op de lijst voor first flight. Die worden aan de overige vier toegevoegd. Is aan de VS wat ermee gebeurd.

De "stickers" waren nu eenmaal al besteld en sonde om weg te gooien.......of is het Turkje pesten ?