Cutting Turkey out of the F-35 program poses serious risks to the future of the F-35 and to NATO's security itself
the S-400 missile system in September 2017, going on to make an advance payment for its delivery.
Besides enforcing a delay on the F-35 deal, Washington doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium exports to the US, causing economic strain in several markets. Mike Friedman, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson, confirmed Turkey’s essential position in the F-35 supply chain, “Should Turkey procure the S-400, their continued participation in the F-35 program is at risk,” Acting Chief Pentagon Summers said in his April 1 statement.As far back as July 2018 however, then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned of significant delays if Turkish companies were removed from the F-35 program.
Experts argue that the political showdown revolves around the US evangelical voter base ahead of 2020 US elections, as a result of the United State's national spotlight cast on Pastor Brunson following his meteoric rise to the top of the US foreign policy agenda nearly a year and a half after he was charged with espionage and terrorism. Pastor Brunson has since been released.
"In every church in the country, people know the name Andrew Brunson," says Johnnie Moore, a member of the Evangelical Advisory Council who advises Mr Trump.
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