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Turkey to Keep Russian Missiles, Defying U.S. Sanctions Threat
Parts for an S-400 missile-defense system in ANkara on July 12.
Photographer: Turkeys National Defense Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Turkey dug into its refusal to abandon its new Russian missile defense, saying it won’t bow to threat of crippling U.S. sanctions or trade the S-400s for an American system.
“They said they would not sell Patriots unless we get rid of the S-400s. It is out of question for us to accept such a precondition,” Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said late Tuesday after a cabinet meeting.