{"id":15243,"date":"2017-10-25T15:23:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T15:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/25\/nato-official-turkey-faces-consequences-if-purchase-of-s-400-completed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:29:00","slug":"nato-official-turkey-faces-consequences-if-purchase-of-s-400-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/10\/25\/nato-official-turkey-faces-consequences-if-purchase-of-s-400-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO official: Turkey faces \u2018consequences\u2019 if purchase of S-400 completed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A top NATO official has warned of \u201cnecessary consequences\u201d for Turkey should the alliance member purchase a Russian air-defense system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. Petr Pavel, chairman of NATO\u2019s Military Committee, said Wednesday that while each nation is free to make its own defense decisions, Turkey\u2019s planned buy of the S-400 system would preclude Anakara from being part of any integrated air-defense system with NATO allies, and may result in other technical restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe principal of sovereignty obviously exists in acquisition of defense equipment, but the same way that nations are sovereign in making their decision, they are also sovereign in facing the consequences of that decision,\u201d Pavel told a group of reporters hosted by the Defense Writers Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Turkey announced its choice of the S-400 in September, Ankara has yet to sign final paperwork on the deal, and until they do, Pavel said it is \u201cfair among allies to have that discussion, to raise all concerns and potential difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other concerns raised by Pavel about the system were \u201cmost security\u201d focused, noting that even if NATO missile defense systems are not integrated with the S-400, its mere presence \u201ccreates challenges for allied assets potentially deployed onto the territory of that country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t