US Demanded written commitment on S-400 ahead of NATO Summit
According to Greece based SKAI TV, the United States has asked Turkey to officially confirm that it has not activated the Russian S-400 Air Defence systems.
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Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
HMS Dragon Testfires its Sea Viper
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon tested its Sea Viper system in Scotland, Royal Navy announced on 4 June.
Logistics
NATO Demonstrates hot water is possible in the field: Ozti
NATO held an exercise in Romania to show its readiness for quick response. Turkey is the leading country at the exercise.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Poland is first NATO country to buy Turkish drones
Poland will buy 24 armed UAVs from Turkey, the Polish defence minister said on Saturday, becoming the first NATO member to acquire Turkish-made aerial vehicles.
Land
Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran
Turkey is leading NATO's quick reaction forces. The forces arrived in Romania to participate in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Defence Minister of Poland shows their interest in TB2
Defence Minister of Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, showed TB2 UAV photo and wrote in Polish, “Good news coming soon”. Ha also added in English ”, stay tuned!”
Bilateral Relations
Egypt, Turkey officials, meet to revive relations
Turkish diplomatic delegation visits Cairo on 5-6 May, Turkish Foreign Ministry formally announced after years of enmity.
Air
Bilateral Relations
USAF 31st Wing: From İncirlik to train HAF
The US Air Force (USAF) and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) conducted exercise INIOCHOS 21 at Andravida Air Base in Greece on 18 April.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
TUSAS’ Aksungur ACUV Hits with KGK SIHA 82 after MK82
TUSAŞ UCAV Aksungur has today its ability to use TUBİTAK SAGE’s KGK at Sinop. President of Defence Industries Demir announced the development at a meeting.
Navy / Maritime
KRI Nanggala-402 went missing
Indonesia's Navy is searching for a missing submarine with 53 people on board that went missing during a military exercise on Wednesday.
Bilateral Relations
Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy Visits Donbas
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was visiting eastern Ukraine on Thursday, following a rise in tension with Russia over a long-running conflict.
Air
Regional / Strategy
U.S. Bombers Conduct Aegean Sea Mission
Two U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota conducted overflight missions in the Aegean Sea.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Zelenski tags NATO to stop Russia
Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski urges NATO to speed up the country"s membership plan. Zelenski wrote on his personal Twitter account his expectations.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Modernisation
Russia Wants to sell Su-35 and Su-57 Fighter Jets to Turkey
Russia is ready to negotiate the deliveries of fifth-generation fighters SU-57 and generation 4++ fighters SU-35 with Turkey.
Defence Politics
Stoltenberg calls Turkey “extremely important,”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkey “extremely important,” saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.
Defence Politics
NATO might add China to the Strategy Concept
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a fireside chat with Ms Rose Gottemoeller, Payne Lecturer at the CISAC, Stanford University,
