Turkey in Final Stage to Select Russian S-400 as New Air Defense System
IsraelDefense
| 17/04/2017
By Соколрус - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40082350
Turkey is at the final stage of choosing air defense missile systems for its Armed Forces, with the Russian-made S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) system being one of its options, Turkish National Defense Minister Fikri Isik said.
"Turkey urgently needs an air defense system. As far as the S-400 system is concerned, we are at the stage of making the final decision. The final decision will be made by the president and the prime minister," Turkey’s Anadolu news agency quoted Isik as saying.
The S-400 Triumph SA-21 is a long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by the Russian Company Almaz-Antey. The S-400 Triumph is intended to engage, ECM, radar-picket, director area, reconnaissance, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical and theater ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles and other current and future air attack assets at a maximum range of 400 km, and an altitude of up to 30 km.
[Source: Army Recognition]
By Соколрус - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40082350
Turkey is at the final stage of choosing air defense missile systems for its Armed Forces, with the Russian-made S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) system being one of its options, Turkish National Defense Minister Fikri Isik said.
"Turkey urgently needs an air defense system. As far as the S-400 system is concerned, we are at the stage of making the final decision. The final decision will be made by the president and the prime minister," Turkey’s Anadolu news agency quoted Isik as saying.
The S-400 Triumph SA-21 is a long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by the Russian Company Almaz-Antey. The S-400 Triumph is intended to engage, ECM, radar-picket, director area, reconnaissance, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical and theater ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles and other current and future air attack assets at a maximum range of 400 km, and an altitude of up to 30 km.
[Source: Army Recognition]
