Turkey Signals Delay in Russia Missile Order Opposed by U.S.

S-400 missile systems.Photographer: Sergei Malgavko/TASS/Getty Images
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Turkey’s most senior military official said there could be a delay in the delivery of a Russian missile-defense system that threatens to exacerbate tensions between Ankara and the Trump administration.

“It may not happen in June but it will come in the upcoming months,” Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told Haberturk television late Monday. “The process has started.”