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The New York Times | U.S. formally cancels sale of fighter jets to Turkey, a NATO ally
The White House informed Turkey on Wednesday that the United States would not sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to its NATO ally, in retaliation for the country’s purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
President Trump had said a day earlier that Turkey’s order for more than 100 American-made jets would be canceled.
“The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced capabilities,” the White House said in a statement. “Accepting the S-400 undermines the commitments all NATO allies made to each other to move away from Russian systems.”
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