The United States has suspended the sale of the F-35 to Turkey for its acquisition of Russian anti-ballistic system S-400

The United States on Tuesday suspended the Turkish pilot training program to fly the F-35 Lightning II, a day after the announcement of the suspension of all shipments to Turkey related to the advanced American combat aircraft after Ankara acquired the Russian anti-missile system S-400.

The Turkish agency announced the suspension of training Anadolu, quoting US Senator James Inhofe

While a Pentagon spokesman had said Sunday that "pending an unequivocal decision by Turkey that it would give up sending the S-400, Shipments and activities related to the operational capabilities of the F-35s in Turkey have been suspended. Our dialogue with Turkey on this important issue is continuing ", according to the agency AFP.

United States says the S-400 are not compatible with NATO teams and they fear that this ultra sophisticated Russian system unlock the technological secrets of the US military aircraft F-35that Turkey has also promised to buy.

In particular, it is to be feared that if the S-400s are integrated into the Turkish defense systems, they exchange information with the F-35s and that this information reaches Moscow, with or without the intention of the Turks.

Turkey received its first two F-35s in 2018 and plans to buy a hundred appliance version A devices, the most conventional. Consequently, The Turkish pilots had already started to train with their American counterparts.

In fact, Turkey has invested about a billion dollars in the program development of the fighter jet as a member of NATO and with the expectation of equipping its fleet of aircraft. So, any decision from Washington to prevent the arrival of fighter planes This could be considered a breach of contract.

"The United States continues to warn Turkey about the negative consequences of its announced acquisition of the S-400," said the spokesman of the US Department of Defense, who said he was wanted. "protect shared investments in our technology ".

"It endangers the continuity of Turkey's participation in the F-35 program ", he insisted.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu on Friday denounced the pressure from the United States "contrary to international law."

A total of 12 countries participated in the F-35 program as indicated CNN. Of these nine were part of the development team: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. At the same time, Israel, Japan and South Korea were also allowed to buy the new fighter.

Of this group of countries, all have already received their first F-35 allowance, with the exception of Canada, Denmark and Turkey, not counting the two test units delivered in the country.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced fighter manufactured by the United States. This is a versatile stealth aircraft cThe true capabilities of the Uyas are the motive of the highest military secret.

He has become the front-line fighter of NATO and is manufactured in three versions. The A is the conventional and is intended for the air force; la B can take off and land vertically and is designed for the Marine Corps or other forces requiring flexibility; and the C is the naval version, with larger dimensions and adapted to operate from aircraft carriers.