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BBC: What Turkey’s S-400 missile deal with Russia means for Nato

By BBC.

Published June 13, 2019 at 5:04 pm

Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching system is displayed at the exposition field in Kubinka Patriot Park outside Moscow on August 22, 2017 during the first day of the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2017.

Photo by AFP

The US and Turkey – one of Washington’s key Nato allies – appear to be on a collision course this summer.

Turkey insists it will go ahead with the purchase of an advanced Russian S-400 air defense system. The first missiles and their associated radars could start to be delivered in July.