F-35 jet program will fail without Turkey's support, President Erdogan says
2019-05-01 08:41:42 source：CNBC
April 30, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that the U.S. F-35 fighter jet project will collapse without his country’s input.
The combat plane, developed by Lockheed Martin and U.S. Department of Defense, is said to be the most expensive weapon ever built with a program price forecast to hit $1.5 trillion by 2070.
Speaking at the 2019 International Defense Industry Fair in Turkey on Tuesday, Erdogan said that an F-35 project without his country is “bound to collapse,” according to Reuters. He added that those in the Pentagon that want to exclude Turkey from the plane’s operation and manufacture should think again.
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