Turkey’s purchase and the path to a post-American alliance architecture
A showdown with the US and NATO over Turkey’s HQ-9 purchase was ultimately averted in November 2015 when Turkey formally canceled the $3.4 billion contract it had provisionally awarded to CPMIEC.
Russian servicemen drive S-400 missile air defense systems during the Victory Day parade, marking the 73rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPUKHIN)ByMICHA’EL TANCHUM