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El Gobierno ya llegó a la conclusión de que la oferta de China es tecnológicamente satisfactoria, implica suficiente nivel de traspaso de tecnologías y es mucho más barata que las soluciones de la competencia. Un funcionario del departamento militar de Turquía dijo que la decisión está pendiente de la aprobación final por parte del ministro de Defensa, Ismet Yilmaz, y el primer ministro, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Esto nos dejaría a muchos atónitos, sin duda”, comentó un alto cargo diplomático de un país de la OTAN. “Turquía tiene todo el derecho a elegir su propio sistema de defensa aérea pero no entiendo del todo qué lógica hay en la elección de un sistema chino no interoperable con los sistemas existentes de la OTAN”, agregó.
Un agregado militar de un país miembro de la OTAN advirtió desde Ankara que el despliegue de un sistema chino para la protección del espacio aéreo turco podría tener repercusiones políticas. “Sería legítimo entonces cuestionar la trayectoria geopolítica de Turquía”, señaló.
China ofrece a Turquía la coproducción de sistemas antiaéreos HG-9. Sus rivales en el concurso son los sistemas estadounidenses Patriot, los rusos S-300 y los franco-italianos Aster 30 SAMP/T.
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US-sanctioned Chinese firm wins Turkey missile defense system tender...
ReplyDeleteNATO member Turkey has chosen a Chinese defense firm that has been sanctioned by Washington to co-produce a $4 billion long-range air and missile defense system, rejecting rival bids from Russian, United States, French and Italian firms.
With the decision, announced today following a meeting of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries' executive council, which is headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ankara approved the lowest offer despite worries about the Chinese system’s ultimate compatibility with NATO-owned early warning assets.
CPMIEC (China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp.) submitted an offer for its HQ-9 that included co-production solutions – which was requested by Turkish authorities – at a reported $3 billion.
The other bidders were the U.S. partnership of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, offering the Patriot air defense system; Russia’s Rosoboronexport, marketing the S-300; and the Italian-French consortium Eurosam, maker of the SAMP/T Aster 30.
In February, the United States announced sanctions on CPMIEC for violations of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
It did not say precisely what CPMIEC had done, but Washington has penalised the company before. In 2003, Washington said it was extending sanctions on the firm for arms sales to Iran. It was unclear when those measures were first imposed.
Officials at state-run CPMIEC, the marketing arm of China's missile manufacturing industry, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Turkey, which has the second-largest deployable military force in the NATO alliance, has no long-range missile defense system of its own, but NATO has deployed the U.S.-built Patriot air and missile defense system there since 2012.
The winning Chinese FD-2000 system beat the Patriot, the Russian S-400 and the French-Italian Eurosam Samp-T.
Raytheon Co, which builds the Patriot missile system, said it had been informed about the Turkish decision and hoped to get a briefing soon. It said there were 200 Patriot units deployed in 12 countries, including Turkey.
"NATO has long supported the system, deploying Patriots in five aligned countries and, in 2012, providing a requested Patriot deployment to Turkey. Given this strong performance, we hope to have an opportunity to debrief and learn more about this decision," Raytheon spokesman Mike Doble said......http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-sanctioned-chinese-firm-wins-turkey-missile-defense-system-tender.aspx?pageID=238&nID=55234&NewsCatID=345
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Turkey chooses Chinese firm under US sanctions for missile defense system tender...
ReplyDeleteNATO member Turkey has chosen a Chinese defense firm that has been hit by US sanctions to co-produce a $4 billion long-range air and missile defense system, rejecting rival bids from Russian, US and European firms.
The Turkish defense minister announced the decision to award the contract to China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC) in a statement on Thursday.
In February, the United States announced sanctions on CPMIEC for violations of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
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