The revelation that the missiles are stored at an unknown location was made in a speech by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in parliament on November 22
S-400
The government of President Erdogan has not been forthcoming with details of the plant construction, which is estimated to cost some $20-$22 billion
Menendez: Turkey is the biggest threat in the Eastern Mediterranean
Why would the Biden Administration push ahead with an F-16 sale to Turkey when they will also buy from Russia additional S-400s?
“We’ll have to wait and see what happens, but we are not aware of any new developments on this matter”
Washington's reaction is expected
Yet the State Department in a March 17 letter to Congress said that a potential sale of F-16s to Turkey would be "in line with US national security interests"
Surprisingly, Biden's administration said earlier this month that it now believed that supplying Turkey with F-16 jets would serve America's strategic interests
Members of Congress who object to Erdogan’s relationship with Putin resist Ankara’s potential jet-fighter purchase
Playing the Russia card may not have its intended effect