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Turkey : Emerging Russian threat forces military, procurement planners to amend shopping list
Publish Date : 17-Feb-2016
What Turkey's security establishment says is as an "emerging Russian threat" has forced military and procurement planners to amend their short-term shopping list in favor of defensive gear.
Officials say A "de facto situation" has been created by the confrontation with Russia over Syria since November 2015, modifying priority procurement plans.
A senior security official said,"This is a new situation and has to be addressed immediately. Apart from its NATO and diplomacy dimensions there is a procurement angle, too."
A NATO ambassador in Ankara, said,"It is totally understandable that Turkey feels threatened. NATO will stand by its ally against any potential aggression from any source. But our Turkish allies also should feel free to act alone to buy any system in order to counter any threat."
A little over two months after it shot down a Russian Su-24 based on the same claim, on Jan. 30 Turkey said a Russian military aircraft breached its airspace.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that a Russian Su-34 breached Turkish airspace on Jan. 29 even though it was warned repeatedly by Turkish radar units in Turkish and Russian.
According to the ministry, Russian ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, was summoned over the incident.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Jan. 30 denied any breach of Turkish airspace.
Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said, "There were no violations of Turkish airspace by aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic. Turkish authorities' statements of an alleged violation of Turkish airspace by a Russian Su-34 jet are naked propaganda."
