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Turkey’s embrace of the S-400 comes as Russia has aggressively courted one-time U.S. allies around the world with weapons deals that come with fewer strings in terms of policy and human rights. While it’s not unheard of for some NATO allies to purchase Russian equipment — many former Warsaw Pact nations such as Poland and the Czech Republic still use large amounts of Russian materials, and Greece was able to purchase the less powerful S-300 anti-aircraft system with Washington’s blessing despite flying a fleet of F-16 fighter jets — Washington argues that never before has an ally attempted to field two cutting-edge systems that are, in essence, designed to defeat one another. The First Image of a Black Hole April 10 2019 Shirt “As an F-35 partner, the Turks are building components for the aircraft. Alternative suppliers will have to be found if they are thrown out of the program,” says Jeremy Binnie, chief analyst at IHS Markit, the London-based military analysis firm. “...