Well Turkey finally settled on a local manufacturer to build the engines for the long delayed
ALTAY tank. Another long standing program just 2 days ago has finally come to an agreement. The system is Russia's
S-400 and Turkey has been looking into trying the system since
IDEF 2009 in Istanbul.
The parties have finally reached an agreement for them to be bought with a technological exchange package. I feel the sales numbers will be lower than in the past, as Turkey is in the "middle" stage in deployment of it's own system. I believe it'll be
~NOV 2019 earliest before Turkey fields them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN1DC0H7
https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey...efense-system/
https://www.armyrecognition.com/febr...e_systems.html
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...-say-1.5464852
From ref. 3...
"The
S-400 entered service with the Russian Armed Forces on
April 28, 2007, replacing the
S-300 air defense system. The Russian Army plans call for the fielding of
18 battalions by 2020 as the backbone of its surface-to-air missile capabilities.
Belarus is set to become the first export customer."
Well there is a small problem with the above, the FOC+ date is all messed up now. The correct date as already in the game for Russia, was submitted on
February 12th, 2011, 06:55 PM and I wonder who could've done that!?!
However now it's back to
April 2007.
So now what? Well we need to go back in time and determine whether these newer sources are correct
OR have since been updated.
Well before this Thread existed which was built to be more inclusive there was this Thread...
Transport for U.S. Patriot Units-Update! I'd been tracking the
S-400 for sometime from the aforementioned Thread go to
Page 3/Posts #23 - #26. It's many pages back in the Threads file, however, it won't be in a few minutes.
You'll find your answer in the last post of the below thread and where the
2007 came from.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Grumble-Gargoyle.html
Regards,
Pat
