Saturday, December 14, 2013

US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchase

The U.S. Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington.

The United States has voiced deep concern over Turkey's decision in September to enter negotiations with China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation for its first long-range anti-missile system.

CPMIEC, which makes the HQ-9 missile system, is under U.S. sanctions for selling arms and missile technology to Iran and Syria.

Turkey's move also irritated its allies in NATO, which has said missile systems within the transatlantic military alliance must be compatible with each other.

The annual U.S. defense authorization bill, passed Thursday by the House, contains a clause barring the use of "2014 funds to integrate missile defense systems of the People's Republic of China into U.S. missile defense systems." "Such a system would not be compatible with, and should not be integrated with, missile defense systems of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization," the Senate and House Armed Services Committees said.

Without U.S. subsidies, the cost for Turkey to install the Chinese missiles becomes steeper.

The bill is expected to be approved in the Senate next week, before being signed into law by President Barack Obama.

CPMIEC beat competition from a U.S. partnership of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, Russia's Rosoboronexport, and Italian-French consortium Eurosam for the multibillion-dollar deal. These companies have until January 31 to submit new bids.  
 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-to-cut-funding-on-turkish-chinese-missile-purchase.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59568&NewsCatID=345
14/12/13
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4 comments:

  1. US further presses Turkey over Chinese missile bid....

    Washington has increased the intensity of its warnings against Turkish companies intent on working with a Chinese firm that was selected to construct a missile defense system, noting that the companies could risk business with their U.S. counterparts due to sanctions against the Chinese outfit.

    The message was recently conveyed to Murad Bayar, the head of the Undersecreteriat for Defense Industries (SSM), by a senior U.S. military official who paid an announced visit to the Turkish capital, the Hürriyet Daily News learned from well-placed sources.

    As a defense industry expert, the U.S. official discussed a wide range of issues regarding the Turkish-U.S. defense industry cooperation and sales, in the latest chain of frequent conversations between the two allies since Turkey announced Sept. 26 its decision to negotiate with China’s Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp. (CPMIEC) to co-produce anti-ballistic missile system.

    After firm statements from NATO and U.S. officials that the Chinese MD-2000’s would never be interoperable with the NATO defense architecture, some Turkish government officials said local defense companies could work together with the CPMIEC to integrate its system into that of the alliance.

    “This Chinese company is under U.S. sanctions. And these sanctions really hurt. A deal with the Chinese company will be toxic. Touching it would be like touching a poison fish. That would make it very difficult for Turkish companies to do the business they have been doing in the U.S.,” was the main message delivered by Washington in the latest conversations. The companies mentioned are believed to be Aselsan, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Havelsan and Roketsan – Turkey’s prominent defense companies.

    U.S. officials also expressed concern at how Turkey has compared the Chinese and American offers in a similar fashion. Recalling that the two offers were fully different and incomparable, the officials underlined that the U.S. offer corresponded with Turkish government requirements for certain capabilities, while the Chinese proposal did not.

    On the much-discussed issue of interoperability, the U.S. officials reiterated that the Chinese system would absolutely not be integrated into the NATO defense architecture in line with the alliance policy on keeping Russian and Chinese technologies away from NATO systems.
    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-further-presses-turkey-over-chinese-missile-bid.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59868&NewsCatID=359
    20/12/13

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  2. Turkey says open to alternatives to Chinese missile defense system...

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Sunday Ankara had not yet decided which missile defense system it would buy and it was open to bids from other companies besides the current Chinese favorite if these guaranteed joint production.

    NATO member Turkey’s decision last September to choose a $3.4 billion offer from the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC) irked Ankara’s Western allies as the Chinese company is under U.S. sanctions for violations of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
    U.S. and NATO officials also voiced concerns that a Chinese product would not be compatible with other NATO systems...............http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-says-open-to-alternatives-to-chinese-missile-defense-system.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61882&NewsCatID=338
    2/2/14

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  3. Turkey sacks official involved in China missile talks....

    Turkey has removed Murad Bayar, the Defense Ministry’s undersecretary for state-run defense industries, from his post with immediate effect, Reuters reported on Thursday.

    The ministry did not give a reason for the decision.

    Bayar had been influential in Turkey’s negotiations with China over the procurement of a missile defense system from the latter.

    Turkey’s NATO allies voiced concern when the country announced in September that it had chosen China’s FD-2000 missile defense system over rival offers from the Franco/Italian Eurosam SAMP/T and U.S.-listed Raytheon Co.

    It said China had offered the most competitive terms and would allow co-production in Turkey.

    On Thursday, Hurriyet Daily News reported that the Chinese firm China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp. (CPMIEC) made its first public statement on Turkey’s $3.4 billion long-range air and missile defense system............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/28/Turkey-sacks-official-involved-in-China-missile-talks.html
    28/3/14

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  4. Turkey to make long-range missiles compatible with NATO systems - spokesman...

    Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO's systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of the country's defence minister.

    NATO member Turkey chose China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp as a preferred bidder in 2013 to supply the missile system, prompting Western concern about security and the compatibility of the weaponry with NATO infrastructure.

    Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz said last week Ankara did not plan to integrate the new defence system with NATO systems, adding to those concerns.

    But Kalin said on Monday: "As one of the most important countries in NATO's security line, we will definitely ensure this integration and harmony."

    In a written response to a parliamentary question on Thursday, Yilmaz said the evaluation of bids had been completed and no new offers received but government officials later made clear that did not mean a final decision had been reached.................http://www.todayonline.com/world/turkey-harmonize-long-range-missile-system-nato-system-spokesman
    23/2/15

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