Erdogan shields testing Russian S-400, disregards US analysis Washington has undermined sanctions, contending Ankara's acquisition of the Russian weapons framework bargains NATO guards. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday affirmed Turkey's first trial of a disputable Russian rocket guard framework, as he excused analysis by the United States. "It is valid about the tests, they have been done and will proceed," he told correspondents in Istanbul on Friday, seven days after reports rose of the Turkish armed force directing a test terminating of the S-400 framework. "We're not going to approach America for consent. The US State Department and Pentagon had reacted angrily to reports of the test. State Department representative Morgan Ortagus said last Friday that, whenever affirmed, Washington would consider them "contradictory with Turkey's duties as a NATO partner and vital accomplice of the United States". Washington says Ankara's acquisition of Russian S-400 frameworks bargains NATO safeguards and has undermined sanctions. Turkey faces sanctions under a 2017 law known as CAATSA, which commands sanctions for any "huge" acquisition of weapons from Russia. A year ago, the US suspended Turkey from its F-35 fly program. During a visit to Turkey prior this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg repeated that the framework couldn't be coordinated into the coalition's air and rocket protection framework.

 Erdogan shields testing Russian S-400, disregards US analysis. 

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Washington has undermined sanctions, contending Ankara's acquisition of the Russian weapons framework bargains NATO guards. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday affirmed Turkey's first trial of a disputable Russian rocket guard framework, as he excused analysis by the United States. 

"It is valid about the tests, they have been done and will proceed," he told correspondents in Istanbul on Friday, seven days after reports rose of the Turkish armed force directing a test terminating of the S-400 framework. "We're not going to approach America for consent. 

The US State Department and Pentagon had reacted angrily to reports of the test. 

State Department representative Morgan Ortagus said last Friday that, whenever affirmed, Washington would consider them "contradictory with Turkey's duties as a NATO partner and vital accomplice of the United States". 

Washington says Ankara's acquisition of Russian S-400 frameworks bargains NATO safeguards and has undermined sanctions. 

Turkey faces sanctions under a 2017 law known as CAATSA, which commands sanctions for any "huge" acquisition of weapons from Russia. 

A year ago, the US suspended Turkey from its F-35 fly program. 

During a visit to Turkey prior this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg repeated that the framework couldn't be coordinated into the coalition's air and rocket protection framework.