{"id":82489,"date":"2020-06-29T19:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T19:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/29\/us-could-buy-turkeys-russia-made-s-400-under-senate-proposal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:18:43","slug":"us-could-buy-turkeys-russia-made-s-400-under-senate-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/06\/29\/us-could-buy-turkeys-russia-made-s-400-under-senate-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"US could buy Turkey\u2019s Russian-made S-400 under Senate proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. would be able to buy Turkey\u2019s Russian-made S-400 air defense system<\/a> under legislation proposed in the Senate last week. The proposal is one powerful lawmaker\u2019s attempt to alleviate the impasse between Washington and Ankara over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., has proposed an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the purchase to be made using the U.S. Army\u2019s missile procurement account. The move comes a year after the U.S. expelled<\/a> NATO ally Turkey from the multinational F-35 program because it received the S-400 in a $2.5 billion deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, has introduced an amendment that would take a tougher stance, mandating the Trump administration implement CAATSA sanctions on Turkey within 30 days of passage of the NDAA. Risch has been critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> and accused him of bad faith in dealings with the U.S. over the S-400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under CAATSA, or the Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, passed in 2017, any nation procuring a major defense article from Russia should face major sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t