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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by whimsicalism on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:17AM (#31397583)
It doesn't sound like you know what you are talking about and I have no idea what an "SS-4" is.
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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:19AM (#31397628)
> doesn't sound like you know what you are talking about

Okay?

> no idea what an "SS-4" is

Sorry, pre coffee. S-400.

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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by whimsicalism on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:27AM (#31397812)
okay how would Turkey's s400 purchase be an article 8 violation?
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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:06AM (#31398513)
> how would Turkey's s400 purchase be an article 8 violation?

This has been covered in the American refusal to sell Ankara F-35s and ensuing sanctioning of it under CAATSA [1].

In short, no detection system is perfect. And no modern military system is sold without servicing. Letting Russia service an air defence system with the privilege of painting NATO jets, arms and missile defences is a breach of trust. It could be considered, again, pettily, though good luck to those who claims the law is often anything but, “an international engagement in conflict with” Turkey’s NATO obligations.

[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mepo.12628

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