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Turkey reportedly tested its Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missiles close to the Black Sea town of Sinop on 16 October.
Neither the Turkish Ministry of Defence nor the government commented on the tests, but local media reported sources close to the ministry saying Ankara would not give a confirmation nor make a statement to avoid attempts to use the S-400 purchase against Turkey.
However, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on 16 October that three S-400 missiles were launched and all hit their targets, which Turkish defence news web portals said were provided by Banshee and Turkish Aeropace Şimşek target drones.
US government sanctions Turkey over S-400 buy
The US government announced the imposition of sanctions on Turkey’s defence acquisition organisation on 14 December under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) over the Turkish acquisition of Russian S-400 (SA-21 ‘Growler’) air-defence system.
Under the sanctions, Washington is targeting Turkey’s defence procurement organisation...
Parent: Open joint stock company Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant
State‐controlled Almaz‐Antey is Russia's largest defence industrial concern. It is the holding company that sits above the country's principal industrial assets in the field of ground‐ and sea‐based air defence systems. The
company was created in 2002 by presidential decree through the merger of Almaz and NPO Antey. It expanded in 2007 as additional enterprises were brought under the aegis of the group, thus mirroring the state‐driven consolidation
that took place elsewhere in the Russian military industrial complex at this time. It is formed of around 50 core companies.
Almaz-Antey unveils new launcher for Abakan ballistic missile defence system
Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation unveiled the new 51P6E2 10×10 mobile surface-to-air missile launch platform for the 98R6E Abakan non-strategic ballistic missile defence system at the Russian Federation Ministry
of Defence’s Army 2020 International Military-Technical Forum, held in Kubinka, near Moscow …
Eastern challenge: Russian exports in the Asia-Pacific region
Russia is looking to expand its defence export profile across the Asia-Pacific region in the face of increasingly difficult market conditions. Jon Grevatt reports The Covid-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for
international military suppliers, but if one major exporter is accustomed to ...;