According to Turkey’s largest English-language newspaper “Today’s Times newspaper,” 8 reported that the Turkish defense industry sources, China and Russia have decided to give up to participate in Turkey’s “air missile defense project,” bidding, in turn hope that through “national state” talks form of participation in the project. To this end, Turkey has been the project to extend the deadline for bidding in January next year.
The tender was originally planned for the end of December 1, but as of the day, only the U.S. defense technology company Raytheon and Lockheed Martin submitted a joint team composed of written bids. As China and Russia have refused to bid on the item, Turkish Defense Industry, Deputy Minister has decided to extend the deadline for tendering the project until January 15 in order to invest in this huge missile defense project to create competitive effects, to avoid a a single source – Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin joint group to buy. This is the year of the project since mid-July the fourth extension of the tender.
Since Turkey in April 2007 that “the air missile defense project,” and to seek a missile defense system of price and performance assessment, Russia has been hoped that the negotiations in the form of inter-State cooperation in the project. This Zeng Russian Turkish officials by surprise.
Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Joint Group had previously adopted the U.S. foreign military sales to Turkey, a joint project plan to sell the “Patriot -3″ type-air interceptor missiles and the “Patriot -2″ ground-based interceptor missiles.
China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation intends to sell anti-aircraft missiles, HQ-9 (export, was known as FD-2000 anti-aircraft missiles). And Turkey had earlier asked Russia to sell S-400 surface to air missiles.
China to Turkey “air missile defense project” of interest from the Chinese side had earlier with the Turkish joint production of two different types of missiles. The two missiles, code-named, respectively Kasirga and Yildirim. As a conventional ballistic missile defense system, Yildirim on August 30, 2007 Turkey’s “Victory Day” celebrations for the first time demonstrated its majestic appearance.
At the same time, Turkey has refused to the French missile maker MBDA company’s wish to participate in “air missile defense project” requirements. Turkish military “air missile defense project” of the purchase price set at 10 billion U.S. dollars, can be equipped with four missiles. However, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin joint team of the option is valued at 4.5 billion U.S. dollars of equipment 12 missile fire company. Turkish hopes companies can bid to provide some missile parts, and production of these parts in Turkey.
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