The United States thwarted a Turkish helicopter contract in retaliation for the S-400

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Washington tore off the Turkish-Pakistani helicopter contract in retaliation for Ankara's purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Moscow. On March 8, 2021, the press secretary of the President of Turkey Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview with the American Bloomberg news agency.

The Turkish functionary recalled that in 2018 Islamabad and Ankara agreed to supply 30 Turkish T-129 ATAK rotorcraft to Pakistan. The contract was supposed to be Turkey's largest export agreement for this product, worth $ 1,5 billion.



However, the Americans blocked the implementation of the said agreement. Washington refused to grant Ankara a license to export engines for the said helicopters. In addition, in December 2020, the US Congress banned the supply of weapons to a NATO ally until Turkey abandons the Russian air defense system.

Kalyn drew attention to the fact that it was this that made Turkey start developing its own helicopter engines. In his opinion, now China will supply helicopters to Pakistan.

The US has blocked the sale of combat helicopters to Pakistan. This will likely lead to the tender going to China. And the losers in the end will be the USA

- he said.

Kalyn stressed that Turkey bought the S-400 because of the position of Washington, which refused to sell its Patriot complexes to Ankara on normal terms, the US media summed up.
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  1. 123
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    10 March 2021 11: 21
    Another small aspen peg in the head of NATO.
  2. House 25 Sq. 380
    House 25 Sq. 380
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    10 March 2021 12: 55
    Let Russian engines buy ...
  3. Vladest
    Vladest
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    10 March 2021 16: 13
    The main thing is not even this, but the fact that the Turks began by shooting down a Russian plane and climbing into Nagorno-Karabakh. No response from the Russian Federation is visible. To counter the United States, the Russian Federation does not need much more than having Turkey. Let Putin itch, but the Turks rule.
    And what about the plans? Erdogan has them for the 5th generation and they make their own turntables.
    But what you need to remember is that Turkey did not come out of NATO anywhere, the Partners swear, they always know the enemy.